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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Defence of Stonington (Connecticut)
+Against a British Squadron, August 9th to 12th, 1814, by J. Hammond Trumbull
+
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+Title: The Defence of Stonington (Connecticut) Against a British Squadron, August 9th to 12th, 1814
+
+Author: J. Hammond Trumbull
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+Release Date: October 18, 2008 [EBook #26946]
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+THE
+
+Defence of Stonington
+
+(CONNECTICUT)
+
+AGAINST A BRITISH SQUADRON,
+
+AUGUST 9TH TO 12TH, 1814.
+
+
+"Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona."
+
+
+
+
+HARTFORD: 1864.
+
+
+
+
+ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE COPIES PRINTED.
+
+FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION.
+
+
+[Transcriber's Note: the various spellings of Ramilies have been retained
+in the text. Similarly, some opening quotes are not always matched with
+closing quotes.]
+
+
+CONTENTS.
+
+
+INTRODUCTORY NOTE,                                            page v
+
+RECORD OF THE EXTRAORDINARY ATTACK ON STONINGTON,                  9
+
+NAMES OF VOLUNTEERS, FROM THE CONNECTICUT GAZETTE,                20
+
+MUSTER-ROLL OF CAPT. WM. POTTER'S COMPANY,                        22
+
+ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK, PUBLISHED BY THE BOROUGH AUTHORITIES,      24
+
+LETTER FROM CAPT. AMOS PALMER TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR,            33
+
+EXTRACT FROM GEN. ROOT'S SPEECH IN CONGRESS, 1817,                37
+
+THE BATTLE OF STONINGTON, BY PHILIP FRENEAU,                      38
+
+CELEBRATIONS OF THE ANNIVERSARY,                                  42
+
+NOTES,                                                            47
+
+
+
+
+INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
+
+
+The repulse of a British squadron, at Stonington, by a few undisciplined
+volunteers, having only two effective guns, imperfectly protected by a
+low earth-work,--and this repulse accomplished without the loss of a
+single life,--was not the least glorious achievement of the War of
+1812-14. The fiftieth anniversary of the action is close at hand. Few
+who witnessed,--only three or four who participated in it, survive. In
+this day of great events, when armies and navies are gathered on a scale
+of magnitude of which our fathers never dreamed,--when from the heights
+of modern science, we look back to the guns and the ships of war of the
+last generation, as to the toys of childhood,--when we are in the very
+crisis of a war greater in itself, and waged for a grander issue, than
+the world has hitherto witnessed,--it is not surprising that so few find
+leisure or inclination to look from the present to the past, or to
+recall to memory the heroism of their fathers.
+
+Yet there are some for whom the story of _The Attack_ has not yet lost
+its interest. They learned it in childhood, from the lips of those who
+shared the perils and the glory of the action. They grew up, amid
+associations which could hardly fail to kindle an honest pride in their
+birth-place. To them, the "Tenth of August" was not merely a
+school-holiday, but an anniversary entitled to equal honors with
+Independence Day itself. They have helped draw the "old Eighteens,"
+through the streets of the Borough, in solemn procession to the site of
+the demolished Battery. They have seen the cherished Flag--pierced and
+torn in a dozen places by the enemy's shot,--float again from the
+flag-staff, in honor of the day: and some of them were standing by when
+"Old Hickory" bared his head to salute it, and bade the citizens
+preserve, with all care, this precious memorial of the courage and
+patriotism of their townsmen.
+
+It is for these--the companions of my own school-days,--and in honor of
+the volunteers of 1814, that I have reproduced some of the contemporary
+accounts of the attack and defence of Stonington. The first (pp. 9-20)
+was written by Col. Samuel Green, the publisher of the _Connecticut
+Gazette_, who visited the Borough during the action, and obtained his
+knowledge of facts of which he was not an eye-witness, from the actors
+themselves and from official sources. This account, printed in the
+_Gazette_, of August 17th, was copied into many of the newspapers in the
+northern states, and appeared in Niles's _Weekly Register_, November
+5th, with some additional particulars.
+
+Following this, are copies of the muster-roll of the Borough company of
+militia; the official account furnished for publication by the
+magistrates, warden and burgesses (pp. 24-32); and a letter from Capt.
+Amos Palmer, chairman of the citizens' committee of defence, to Mr.
+Crawford, secretary of war, containing a concise narrative of the
+action. Philip Freneau's _Battle of Stonington_,--though not of the
+highest order of lyric excellence,--challenges favorable comparison with
+many of the loyal effusions which have found their way to the public,
+during the present war; and will be welcomed as an old friend by some
+who value patriotism more than poetry.                           T.
+
+   _Hartford, Conn., July 28th, 1864._
+
+
+
+
+THE DEFENCE OF STONINGTON.
+
+
+[From the Conn. Gazette, Aug. 17th, 1814.]
+
+RECORD OF THE EXTRAORDINARY ATTACK ON STONINGTON.[1]
+
+
+                                        NEW LONDON, AUGUST 17, 1814.
+
+On Tuesday the 9th instant, at 5 P. M. the _Ramilies_, 74, _Pactolus_,
+38, a bomb ship, and the _Dispatch_, 22 gun brig, arrived off
+Stonington, and a flag was sent on shore with the following note--
+
+
+                                "_On board his Majesty's Ship, Ramilies,
+                                                    Stonington, Aug. 9._
+TO THE MAGISTRATES OF STONINGTON.
+
+Gentlemen--One hour is allowed you from the receipt of this
+communication, for the removal of the unoffending inhabitants.
+
+                                                     THOMAS M. HARDY.[2]
+
+
+This notification was received by two magistrates[3] and Lieutenant
+Hough of the drafted militia, who went off to meet the flag. The officer
+was asked whether a flag would not be received on board. He said no
+arrangements could be made. They inquired whether Com. Hardy had
+determined to destroy the town. He replied that such were his orders
+from the Admiral, and that it would be done most effectually.
+
+When the gentlemen reached the shore, a crowd waited with great anxiety
+for the news; which being stated, consternation flew through the town.
+An express was despatched to General Cushing,[4] at New London. A number
+of volunteers hastened to collect ammunition; others ran to the battery,
+which consisted of two 18 pounders and a 4 pounder, on field carriages,
+with a slight breast work, 4 feet high. The sick and the aged were
+removed with haste: the women and children, with loud cries, were seen
+running in every direction. Some of the most valuable articles were
+hastily got off by hand, others placed in the gardens and lots, or
+thrown into wells, to save them from the impending conflagration. The
+sixty minutes expired, but the dreaded moment did not bring the attack.
+Nelson's favorite hero and friend was seized with the compunctions of
+magnanimity;--he remembered what ancient Britons were; he remembered
+that something was due to the character of Sir Thomas M. Hardy. Three
+hours in fact elapsed, when at 8 in the evening the attack was commenced
+by a discharge of shells from the bomb ship. Several barges and
+launches had taken their stations in different points, from whence they
+threw Congreve rockets, and carcasses. This mode of attack was continued
+incessantly till midnight; and the fire was returned occasionally from
+the battery, as the light of the rockets gave opportunity with any
+chance of success.
+
+The few drafted militia which had been sometime stationed there, under
+command of Lieutenant Hough, were placed in the best directions to give
+an alarm in case a landing should be attempted. During the night the
+volunteers and militia had assembled in considerable numbers; and the
+non-combatant inhabitants had generally removed to the neighboring
+farm-houses, in the momentary expectation of seeing their abandoned
+dwellings in flames. It was a night of inexpressible anguish to many a
+widow and orphan, to many aged and infirm, whose little pittance they
+were now apparently to lose forever. But Providence directed otherwise.
+This compact little village of 100 buildings had been for four hours
+covered with flames of fire and bomb shells, and not a single building
+was consumed nor a person injured.
+
+At the dawn of day on the 10th, the approach of the enemy was announced
+by a discharge of Congreve rockets from several barges and a launch,
+which had taken their station, on the east side of the town, and out of
+reach of the battery. Several volunteers, with small arms and the four
+pounder, hastened across the point, supposing the enemy were attempting
+a landing. Colonel Randall of the 13th regiment, who at the time was
+moving towards the battery with a detachment of militia, ordered them to
+assist the volunteers in drawing over one of the 18 pounders to the
+extreme end of the point; the fire of which in a few minutes compelled
+the barges to seek safety in flight. During this time the brig was
+working up towards the Point, and soon after sunrise came to anchor,
+short of half a mile from the battery, (or more correctly, the
+breastwork). Our ammunition being soon exhausted, the guns were spiked,
+and the men who fought them, being only about 15 or 20,[5] retired,
+leaving them behind for want of strength to drag them off.
+
+The brig now continued deliberately to pour her 32 pound shot and grape
+into the Village, without our having the power of returning a shot, for
+an hour, and the bomb ketch occasionally threw in shells. A fresh supply
+of ammunition being obtained, the 18 pounder was withdrawn from the
+breastwork, the vent drilled, and the piece taken back again, when such
+an animated and well directed fire was kept up, that at 3 o'clock the
+brig slipped her cable and hauled off, with her pumps going, having
+received several shots below her water line, and considerable damage in
+her spars, &c. During this action between the eighteen pounder and the
+brig, Mr. Frederick Denison was slightly wounded in the knee,[6] by a
+fragment of a rock, and Mr. John Miner, badly burnt in his face by the
+premature discharge of the gun. The flag, which was nailed to the mast,
+was pierced with seven shot holes,[7] the breast-work somewhat injured,
+and 6 or 8 of the dwelling-houses in the vicinity essentially injured.
+At this time a considerable body of militia had arrived, and
+Brigadier-General Isham[8] had taken the command; the inhabitants had
+recovered from the consternation of the first moments; and were
+deliberately moving off their furniture and goods. At 1 o'clock the
+Ramilies and Pactolus had taken stations about two and a half miles from
+the town, when resistance appearing hopeless, the Magistrates as a last
+resort applied to the General for permission to send a flag off, being
+impressed with the opinion that there must exist some latent cause of a
+peculiar nature to induce a commander who had heretofore distinguished
+himself for a scrupulous regard to the claims of honorable warfare,--to
+induce him to commit an act so repugnant to sound policy, so abhorrent
+to his nature, so flagrant an outrage on humanity. The General, we
+understand, would not sanction, nor did he absolutely prohibit, a flag
+being sent. They, therefore, on their own responsibility, sent on board
+the Ramilies, Isaac Williams and Wm. Lord, Esquires, with the following
+letter.
+
+
+Copy.)                                  _Stonington August 10, 1814._
+TO SIR THOMAS M. HARDY,
+
+SIR--Agreeable to notice received from you yesterday, this town is now
+cleared of "unoffending inhabitants," and they feeling anxious about the
+fate of their village, are desirous to know from you, your determination
+respecting it. Yours, &c.
+
+                                             _Amos Denison_, Burgess.
+                                             _William Lord_, Magistrate.
+
+
+The deputation proceeded on board the Ramilies, and shortly after an
+officer informed the boatmen that they might return to the shore, as the
+gentlemen would be landed in a boat from the ship; and that Captain
+Hardy had declared that no further hostilities would be committed
+against the town. After remaining on board an hour, or more, the
+deputation were conveyed in a flag from the ship, which was met by one
+from the shore. They brought with them a very singular and extraordinary
+communication. An exact copy cannot at present be obtained, as official
+etiquette will not permit; but having read it when it was received on
+shore, as far as memory serves us, it was as follows:
+
+
+_On board H. M. Ship Ramilies, off Stonington, Aug. 10._
+
+GENTLEMEN--You having given assurances that no torpedoes have been
+fitted out from Stonington; and having engaged to exert your influence
+to prevent any from being fitted out or receiving any aid from your
+town: If you send on board this ship tomorrow at eight o'clock, Mrs.
+Stewart, wife of James Stewart esq. late His Majesty's Consul at New
+London, and their children, I engage that no further hostilities shall
+be committed against Stonington; otherwise I shall proceed to destroy it
+effectually.--For which purpose I possess ample means.
+
+                                                     T. M. HARDY, Capt.
+
+
+This letter was received indignantly. No answer was given. It was a fact
+well known that no torpedoes have been fitted out at Stonington, and
+that the inhabitants are unfriendly to the system; but neither
+individuals nor the town have power to prevent their resorting to that
+place. The condition _sine qua non_, is truly _tragi-farcical_. Neither
+the town of Stonington or the State of Connecticut, had any legal power
+to comply with it, which Capt. Hardy well knew. And if Stonington Point
+with its rocky foundations had been in danger of being blown up,
+scarcely a voice would have been raised to have saved it on such
+disgraceful terms. The first duty of a citizen we are taught in
+Connecticut, is to obey the laws. Mrs. Stewart is under the protection
+of the government of the United States, and the petition of her husband
+for a permission for a departure is in the hands of a proper authority,
+who will undoubtedly decide correctly in the case.[9]
+
+Our countrymen at a distance, from the importance Capt. Hardy has
+attached to the circumstance of Mrs. Stewart's being sent off to the
+British squadron, may possibly apprehend that she has received insult,
+or signified some fears for the personal safety of herself and
+children.--So far from this being the fact, no lady ever experienced
+greater civilities from the citizens; as no one has better deserved
+them. And her feelings during the proceedings at Stonington, demanded
+the sympathy of her friends.
+
+By the terms offered by Capt. Hardy, it was impossible to discover
+whether he was most doubtful of his ability to accomplish the
+destruction of the town, or desirous of a pretext to save it. He assured
+the gentlemen who accompanied the flag that this was the most unpleasant
+expedition he had undertaken.
+
+The truce on the part of the enemy having expired at 8 o'clock on
+Thursday morning, a flag was soon after observed at the battery to be
+coming on shore, and there not being sufficient time to give information
+of the fact at head quarters and receive instructions, it was determined
+by the officer then commanding to send a boat off to receive the
+communication. Mr. Faxon, of Stonington, took charge of the boat, met
+the flag, and offered to convey the dispatch agreeable to its
+directions. The British officer, Lieut. Claxton, questioned his
+authority to receive it; enquired whether Mrs. Stewart would be sent
+off; and said he would go on shore. Mr. Faxon replied, that he knew
+nothing of Mrs. Stewart; and that if he attempted to proceed for the
+shore, he would undoubtedly be fired on. He continued his course, when
+a centinel was directed to fire forward of the boat, but the ball passed
+through the after sail. They immediately put about and steered for the
+ship; the lieutenant swearing revenge, for what he termed an insult to
+his flag.
+
+An explanation of the circumstance was immediately transmitted by
+General Isham to Capt. Hardy, which he received as satisfactory.
+
+At the moment, a flag had started for the Ramilies,[10] from the civil
+authority of the town, which was received on board; by which was sent
+the following letter:--
+
+
+                                    _Stonington Boro', Aug. 14, 1814._
+TO THOMAS M. HARDY, _Commander of H.B.M. Ship Ramilies_.
+
+Sir--Since the flag went into New London for Mrs. Stewart, and family,
+General Cushing, who commands at New London, has written, we are
+informed, to the Secretary of War on the subject, and it is our opinion
+that the request will be complied with. But whatever may be the result
+of the communication from Gen. Cushing, you will be satisfied it is not
+in our power to enter into any arrangement with you respecting her.
+
+From yours, &c.
+
+Isaac Williams,               }
+William Lord,                 } _Magistrates._
+Alexander G. Smith,           }
+Joseph Smith,  _Warden._
+Geo. Hubbard,} _Burgesses._
+Amos Denison,}
+
+
+To this letter, Capt. Hardy replied verbally, that he should allow till
+12 o'clock for Mrs. Stewart to be brought on board.[11] At this time the
+principal part of three regiments of militia had arrived, and the town
+was perfectly secure against a landing.
+
+At 3 o'clock, the bomb ship commenced throwing shells into the town; and
+being out of reach of our cannon, the General withdrew the militia,
+excepting a guard of 50 men who were ordered to patrol the streets for
+the extinguishment of fire, should any happen. The bombardment continued
+till evening.
+
+On Friday morning the bomb ship renewed her operations a little before
+sunrise, while the Ramilies and Pactolus were warping in. At eight
+o'clock the frigate opened her fire and was soon followed by the
+Ramilies. At this time the cannon were ordered to be moved to the north
+end of the town, where they would have been serviceable if an attempt
+had been made to land under cover of the ships. This was a very
+hazardous service, as the party would be entirely exposed to the fire of
+the enemy. Volunteers in sufficient numbers instantly offered their
+services; among whom were upwards of twenty of the Norwich artillery.
+The command of the party was entrusted to Lieutenant Lathrop,[12] of
+that corps. They marched to the battery and brought off the pieces
+without the smallest accident; exhibiting all the steadiness which
+characterises veteran soldiers.
+
+This tremendous cannonade and bombardment continued till nearly noon,
+when it ceased; and about four o'clock the ships hauled off to their
+former anchorage.
+
+During the succeeding night a large force was kept on guard, in the
+expectation and hope that a landing would be attempted. The militia
+during this afflicting scene discovered the very best disposition, and
+were eager to take revenge of the enemy or sacrifice their lives in the
+contest.
+
+It may be considered miraculous that during the several attacks, while
+so many were exposed to this terrible and protracted bombardment and
+cannonade, not a person was killed, and but five or six wounded, and
+those but slightly. Among the wounded is Lieutenant Hough[13] of the
+drafted militia.
+
+On Saturday morning the enemy relinquished the hope of burning the town,
+weighed anchor, and proceeded up Fisher's Island sound.
+
+The volunteers who so gloriously fought in the battery, deserve the
+thanks of their country. No men could have done better. Their example
+will have the happiest influence.
+
+About forty buildings are more or less injured, 8 or 10 essentially so;
+and two or three may be considered as ruined. The damage was principally
+done by the brig. Many shells did not explode, several were
+extinguished. The Congreve Rockets which were frightful at first, lost
+their terrors, and effected little.
+
+The inhabitants, fearing another attack, have not returned to their
+dwellings, and their desolate situation calls loudly upon the
+philanthropy of their fellow citizens. If a brief should be granted for
+collections in the churches of the State we trust very essential aid
+will be furnished. Nineteen-twentieths of the inhabitants, it is said,
+have no other property than their dwellings.
+
+A Nantucket man has been on board the British fleet to redeem his boat,
+and learned that the Dispatch had 2 men killed and 12 wounded; her loss
+was undoubtedly much greater.
+
+
+       *     *     *     *     *
+
+
+NAMES OF VOLUNTEERS.
+
+[From the Conn. Gazette, Aug. 24th.]
+
+The following is handed us as a list of the volunteers (tho' presumed
+not entirely perfect,) of those who so bravely stood the brunt of the
+attack of Stonington Point:--
+
+Of _Stonington_:--
+
+Capt. George Fellows,       Gurdon Trumbull,
+Capt. Wm. Potter,           Alex. G. Smith,
+Dr. Wm. Lord,               Amos Denison jun.,
+Lieut. H. G. Lewis,         Stanton Gallup,
+Ensign D. Frink,            Eb. Morgan,
+                 John Miner.
+
+Of _Mystic_:--
+
+Jesse Deane,                Jeremiah Holmes,
+Deane Gallup,               N. Cleft,
+Fred. Haley,                Jedediah Reed.
+
+Of _Groton_:--
+
+Alfred White,               Frank Daniels,
+Ebenezer Morgan,            Giles Moran.
+
+Of _New London_:--
+
+Major Simeon Smith,
+Capt. Noah Lester (formerly of the Army),
+Major N. Frink,             Lambert Williams.
+
+From _Massachusetts_:--
+
+Capt. Leonard, and Mr. Dunham.
+
+
+[From the Conn. Gazette, Aug. 31st.]
+
+By an error of the compositor, the following names were omitted in the
+list published in our last paper, of volunteers who so greatly
+contributed to the glorious defence and preservation of Stonington,
+viz.:--
+
+Simeon Haley,               Thomas Wilcox,
+Jeremiah Haley,             Luke Palmer,
+Frederick Denison,          George Palmer,
+John Miner,                 Wm. G. Bush,
+Asa Lee.
+
+There were probably others, whom we have not learnt.
+
+
+[From the original in the Comptroller's office, at Hartford.]
+
+MUSTER ROLL of the 8th Company of Infantry under the command of CAPTAIN
+WM. POTTER in the Thirtieth Regiment of Con. Militia in service of the
+United States, at Stonington, commanded by Lieut. Col. WM. RANDALL, from
+the 9th of August when last mustered, to the 27th of August 1814.--
+
+_Names and Rank.        Commencement    Expiration   Alterations and Remarks
+                         of service.    of service.  Remarks since last
+                                                     muster._
+
+_Captain_, William Potter,      Aug. 9   Aug. 27
+_Lieut._ Horatio G. Lewis,       "   9    "   27
+                                                    {detached for service
+_Ensign_, Daniel Frink,          "   9    "   23    { and ordered to N.
+                                                    { London, Aug. 22.
+  _Sergeants:_
+Francis Amy,                     "  19    "   27
+Charles H. Smith,                "   9    "   27
+Peleg Hancox,                    "  22    "   27
+Gurdon Trumbull,                 "   9    "   27
+  _Corporals:_
+Azariah Stanton jr.,             "  16    "   27
+Junia Cheesebrough,              "   9    "   27
+Joshua Swan jr.,                 "  22    "   27
+  _Privates:_
+                                                    {detached for service
+Phineas Wilcox,                  "   9    "   23    { and ordered to N.
+                                                    { London, Aug. 23.
+Hamilton White,                  "   9    "   27
+                                                    {detached for service
+Henry Wilcox,                    "   9    "   23    { and ordered to N.
+                                                    { London, Aug. 23.
+Nathan Wilcox,                   "   9    "   27
+Samuel Burtch,                   "   9    "   27
+Jonathan Palmer,                 "   9    "   27
+Andrew P. Stanton,               "   9    "   27
+James Stanton,                  Aug. 9   Aug. 27
+Thomas Breed,                    "   9    "         {Volunteer exempt,
+                                                    {discharg., Aug. 17.
+Amos Loper,                      "   9    "         {Volunteer exempt,
+                                                    {discharg., Aug. 20.
+Samuel Bottum, Jr.,              "   9    "   27
+                                                    {Produced certificate
+Benj. Merritt,                   "   9    "         {of parole on 15th
+                                                    {Aug. & discharged.
+Elisha Cheesebrough Jr.,         "   9    "   27
+                                                    {detached for service
+Christopr. Wheeler,              "   9    "   23    { & ordered to New
+                                                    { London, Aug. 23.
+Amos Hancox,                     "   9   "   27
+Zebadiah Palmer,                 "  15   "   27
+Nathl. Waldron,                  "  15   "   27
+Thomas Spencer,                  "  19   "   27
+Nathl. M. Pendleton,             "  20   "   27
+Simon Carew,                     "  22   "   27
+Elisha Faxon Jun.,               "  22   "   27
+                                                    {detached for service
+Ebenezer Halpin,                 "  22   "   23     { & ordered to New
+                                                    { London, Aug. 23.
+                                                    {detached for service
+Asa Wilcox Jun.,                 "  22   "   23     { & ordered to New
+                                                    { London, 23 Aug.
+Warren Palmer,                   "  22   "   27
+                                                    {Waiter to Capt.
+Joseph Bailey Jun. }             "   9   "   27     {Wm. Potter.
+                   }_Waiters_,   "       "   23     {Waiter to Lieut.
+Nathl. Lewis,      }                                {G. Lewis
+
+
+I certify, upon honor, that this Muster Roll exhibits a true statement
+of the 8th Company; and that the remarks set opposite the men's names
+are accurate and just.
+
+                                            WILLIAM POTTER, _Capt._
+
+We certify upon honor, that the foregoing Muster Roll exhibits a true
+statement of Captain William Potter's Company; and that the remarks set
+opposite the men's names are accurate and just.
+
+                       JOHN JAMIESON JR., _Asst. Adjt. Genl. &
+                                           Mustering Officer, per order_.
+
+                       WM LORD, _Regimental Surgeon_.
+
+
+ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK, FURNISHED FOR PUBLICATION, BY THE MAGISTRATES,
+WARDEN AND BURGESSES.[14]
+
+[From the Conn. Gazette, Sept. 7th,]
+
+                                _Stonington Borough, Aug. 29, 1814._
+
+_Mr._ Green--In relation to the extraordinary attack of the enemy, of
+the 9th inst., on this village, the public have been furnished with
+various accounts; and though the circumstantial and generally correct
+account given in your paper [of the 7th of August,] precludes the
+necessity of a recapitulation of the whole transaction, yet this village
+having been the object of the attack and resentment of Sir Thomas, the
+Magistrates, Warden and Burgesses residing therein, feeling deeply
+interested that some official document comprehending a supply of some
+facts not given, and alteration of others, and a general statement
+relative to the whole, should be published,--offer the public the
+following statement:
+
+
+On Tuesday afternoon of the 9th inst. anchored off our harbor, the
+frigate _Pactolus_, the _Terror_, a bomb ship, and the brig _Dispatch_
+of 20 guns. From the difficulty of the navigation in Fisher's Island
+Sound, we have been generally impressed that such ships of war dare not
+approach us; but the presumption of the enemy has created new fears, and
+we think it our duty to say, that further means of defence and
+protection ought to be afforded us; this we have often requested.
+Various were the opinions respecting the object of the enemy, but soon
+all was settled. A flag was discovered to leave the frigate and row
+towards the town. The impropriety of suffering them to come on more was
+suggested; and a boat was immediately obtained, Capt. Amos Palmer,
+William Lord Esq., and Lieut. Hough of the detachment here, selected,
+and the flag of the enemy met by ours, when we received the following
+unexpected and short notice--(This not having been furnished the public
+correctly we give it at length:)
+
+
+                            _His Britannic Majesty's ship_ PACTOLUS,
+                      _9th of August, 1814, halfpast 5 o'clock, P. M._
+
+Not wishing to destroy the unoffending inhabitants residing in the town
+of Stonington, one hour is given them from the receipt of this, to
+remove out of the town.
+
+                                      T. M. HARDY, _Capt. of H. B. M.
+                                               Ship_ RAMILIES.
+
+_To the Inhabitants of the Town of Stonington._
+
+
+From the date of this communication it will appear that Commander Hardy
+was himself on board the Pactolus to direct the attack; the _Ramilies_
+then laying at anchor at the west end of Fisher's Island. The people
+assembled in great numbers to hear what was the word from the enemy;
+when the above was read aloud. The enemy in the barge lay upon their
+oars a few moments, probably to see the crowd and if some consternation
+might not prevail. Whatever effect was produced, this we know, that Sir
+Thomas's "unoffending inhabitants" did not agree to give up the ship,
+though threatened by a force competent, in a human view, to destroy
+them, when compared with the present means of defence in their power. It
+was exclaimed, from old and young, _We will defend_. The male citizens,
+though duly appreciating the humanity of Sir Thomas, in not wishing to
+destroy them, thought proper to defend their wives and their children,
+and, in many instances, all their property; and we feel a pleasure in
+saying that a united spirit of defence prevailed, and, during the short
+hour granted us, expresses were sent to Gen. Cushing at New London, and
+to Col. Randall,[15] whose regiment resided nearest to the scene of
+danger. The detachment stationed here under Lieut. Hough was embodied;
+Capt. Potter, residing within the Borough, gave orders to assemble all
+the officers and men under his command that could be immediately
+collected. They cheerfully and quickly assembled, animated with the true
+spirit of patriotism. The ammunition for our two 18-pounders and
+4-pounder was collected at the little breast-work erected by ourselves.
+The citizens of the Borough, assisted by two strangers from
+Massachusetts, manned the 18-pounders at the breast-work, and also the
+4-pounder. One cause of discouragement, only, seemed to prevail, which
+was the deficiency of ammunition for the cannon. This circumstance,
+however, together with the superior force arrayed against us, did not
+abate the zeal for resistance. Such guards of musketry as were in our
+power to place, were stationed at different points on the shores. In
+this state of preparation we waited the attack of the enemy. About 8
+o'clock in the evening they commenced by the fire of a shell from the
+bomb-ship, which was immediately returned by a shot from our 18-pounder.
+This attack of the enemy was immediately succeeded by one from three
+launches and four barges, surrounding the point, throwing rockets and
+shot into the village. This also was returned as often as, by the light
+of the rockets streaming from the barges, we could discover them.
+Assisted by the above military force, the inhabitants alone, some
+seventy years old, defended the town until about 11 o'clock; and had it
+not been for the spirited resistance manifested, a landing no doubt,
+would have been effected. At this time Col. Randall had arrived, and
+having issued orders to the militia under his command, they began to
+assemble, and from the short notice given them were truly prompt and
+active in appearing at the post of danger: some volunteers had also
+arrived. From this additional strength, the apprehensions of the enemy's
+landing, in a measure vanished. Their shells, rockets and carcasses,
+having been prevented from spreading the destruction intended, they
+ceased firing them about 12 o'clock. All was still from this time until
+day-light. A fire of rockets and shot from the launches and barges again
+commenced, which was spiritedly returned from our artillery taken from
+the breast-work, in open view of the enemy and exposed to their shot, on
+the end of the point, and they [were] compelled to recede. This truly
+hazardous service was nobly performed. Col. Randall having been prompt
+in his appearance, as were all the officers and soldiers of his
+regiment, they were now organized, ready and eager to receive our
+invaders. From the spirit manifested among the citizens, volunteers and
+soldiers, and the judicious arrangements made of the troops assembled,
+had a landing been attempted a good account would no doubt have been
+given of them. We were now also assisted by numbers of volunteers. The
+barges having receded from the fire of our four and eighteen-pounder on
+the Point, they were taken back to the breast-work.
+
+About 8 o'clock in the morning of Wednesday, the Brig [_Dispatch_]
+hauled within half a mile of our breast-work, and opened a well directed
+and animated fire. Our few guns being now well manned by citizens and
+volunteers, from Stonington, New London, Mistick and Groton, they were
+ready to receive her. Her fire was returned with a spirit and courage
+rarely to be equalled,--and of those gallant souls who stood this
+conflict, we can only say, they gloriously did their duty. Heroes having
+so nobly acted, with ours, will receive the plaudit of their country.
+What effect such bravery had on the enemy, will appear from the fact,
+that the brig was compelled to cut her cable and retire out of reach of
+our shot. Her anchor has since been taken up, with a number of fathoms
+of cable. No attack was afterwards made by the brig. This contest with
+the brig (called the _Dispatch_), continued on our part from the
+breast-work until the ammunition was expended. To this circumstance,
+unfortunately for the village and mortifying to those so gallantly
+engaged in the defence, may be attributed the principal injury sustained
+by the buildings. For two hours or more, she kept up a constant fire
+without having it in our power to return a shot: during which time, we
+are confident, had there been a supply of ammunition, she would have
+been taught the use and meaning of her name.
+
+The further particulars which transpired on Wednesday and Thursday,
+having been noticed by you, in the publication above referred to, very
+correctly, the public must be satisfied without any comments from us. In
+the publication of the transactions of Friday, we have discovered one
+error. Amidst the combined fire of the Ramilies, frigate and bomb-ship,
+Lieut. Lathrop and volunteers from the Norwich Artillery, in fact did
+proceed, to undertake in assisting to get off the cannon from the
+breast-work, but they met other brave lads who had accomplished this
+hazardous duty. The praise therefore of this performance, however they
+may have distinguished themselves in other duties, is not correctly
+bestowed.
+
+In passing the proceedings of Thursday and Friday, we would not overlook
+the singular communication received from Commodore Hardy, which preceded
+the fire on Thursday. Two subjects esteemed very important by Sir Thomas
+seem connected, Torpedoes and Mrs. Stewart,--a lady we presume worthy of
+the notice even of Commodore Hardy. But a demand made on those with
+whom, it was well known, no power existed to comply, is not a little
+extraordinary: besides, this communication is totally different from and
+unconnected with the one it was sent as an answer to. It would appear
+from reading the documents, that assurances were given that no torpedoes
+ever did, or ever should, go from this place. This was not the fact; no
+promises or confessions of any kind were ever made. To this singular
+letter no general reply was given; that part, only, [was] noticed,
+relative to Mrs. Stewart.
+
+The enemy left us on Friday, without having accomplished that
+destruction which they told us was to be effected. The damage done the
+buildings is estimated at about four thousand dollars. This would
+undoubtedly have been much greater, had not the volunteer vigilant
+firemen[16] from Capt. Potter's company before mentioned, and others,
+continued firm at their posts, determined that not a flame kindled by
+those fiery engines of the enemy but should be extinguished,--and it was
+done. This duty, perhaps, was as important and useful for the salvation
+of the village, as any performed during the conflict.
+
+The list of individuals given to the public as distinguishing themselves
+during the contest, we esteem very imperfect. To give a correct list of
+all those who did distinguish themselves in the various duties that were
+performed, is not easy to do; we shall therefore forbear. Having thought
+proper to bestow a just tribute of praise on the officers and soldiers
+of the 30th Regiment, who first arrived at the scene of action, it
+becomes us to express, also, the high sense which we entertain of the
+services and judicious and soldier-like conduct of Brigadier-General
+Isham, and the officers and soldiers of the 8th and 20th Regiments,
+assembled under his command.
+
+During this protracted bombardment, nothing more excites our
+astonishment and gratitude than this, that not a man was killed on our
+part. We understand from good authority, the enemy had a number killed
+and several badly wounded,[17] in this unprovoked attack upon us.
+
+We have made some estimate of the number of shells and fire carcasses
+thrown into the village, and we find there has been about three hundred.
+The amount of metal fired by the enemy will exceed, we think, fifty
+tons. About three or four tons of bombs, carcasses and shot have been
+collected.[A]
+
+WILLIAM LORD,    }_Magistrates._
+ALEX. G. SMITH,  }
+JOSEPH SMITH,     _Warden._
+AMOS PALMER,          }
+AMOS DENISON,         }
+GEO. HUBBARD,         } _Burgesses._
+THOMAS ASH,           }
+REUBEN CHESEBROUGH,   }
+
+FOOTNOTES:
+
+[Footnote A: "Some respectable citizens from motives of curiosity
+weighed several shells &c., and found their weight to be as follows.
+
+One of the largest carcasses, partly full of the combustible, 216 lb.
+One of the smallest sort          do.                         103
+One of the largest kind empty,                                189
+One of the largest bomb shells,                               189
+One of the smallest               do.                          90
+One, marked on it (fire 16 lb)                                 16
+
+One of the largest carcasses partly full, was set on fire, which burnt
+half an hour, emitting a horrid stench; in a calm the flame would rise
+ten feet. Some of the rockets were sharp pointed, others not, made of
+sheet iron very thick, containing at the lower end some of them a fusee
+of grenade, calculated to burst, and if they were taken hold of before
+the explosion, might prove dangerous; one or two persons received injury
+in this way. They appear to contain a greater variety of combustibles
+than the fire carcasses.]
+
+
+LETTER FROM CAPT. AMOS PALMER, TO THE SECRETARY
+OF WAR.
+
+[From Niles's Weekly Register, Oct. 21, 1815.]
+
+DEFENCE OF STONINGTON.
+
+The defence of Stonington by a handful of brave citizens was more like
+an effusion of feeling, warm from the heart, than a concerted military
+movement. The result of it, we all know, and it afforded sincere delight
+to every patriot. But the particulars we have never seen so accurately
+described as in the following concise narrative from the chairman of the
+committee of defence, to the Secretary of War, of which we have been
+provided with a copy for publication.--_Nat. Intelligencer._
+
+
+                                    "Stonington Borough, Aug. 21, 1815.
+To the Hon. Wm. H. Crawford,
+Secretary of War.
+
+SIR:
+
+The former Secretary of War put into my hands, as chairman of the
+committee of defence, the two 18-pounders and all the munitions of war
+that were here, belonging to the general government, to be used for the
+defence of the town,--and I gave my receipt for the same.
+
+As there is no military officer here, it becomes my duty to inform you
+[of] the use we have made of it. That on the 9th of August last [year],
+the _Ramilies_ 74, the _Pactolus_ 44, the _Terror_ bomb-ship, and the
+_Despatch_ gun brig, anchored off the harbor. Commodore Hardy sent off a
+boat, with a flag; we met him with another from the shore, when the
+officer of the flag handed me a note from Commodore Hardy, informing
+that one hour was given the unoffending inhabitants, before the town
+would be destroyed.
+
+We returned to the shore, where all the male inhabitants were collected,
+when I read the note aloud; they all exclaimed, they would defend the
+place to the last extremity, and if it was destroyed, they would be
+buried in the ruins.
+
+We repaired to a small battery that we had hove up--nailed our colors to
+the flag staff--others lined the shore with their muskets.
+
+At about seven in the evening, they put off five barges and a large
+launch, carrying from 32 to 9 lb. carronades in their bows, and opened
+their fire from their shipping, with bombs, carcasses, rockets, round,
+grape and cannister shot, and sent their boats to land under cover of
+their fire. We let them come within small grape distance, when we opened
+our fire upon them, from our two 18-pounders, with round and grape shot.
+They soon retreated out of grape distance, and attempted a landing on
+the east side of the village; we dragged a six-pounder that we had
+mounted over, and met them with grape, and all our muskets opened fire
+on them, so that they were willing to retreat the second time. They
+continued their fire 'till 11 at night.
+
+The next morning at seven o'clock, the brig _Despatch_ anchored within
+pistol shot of our battery, and they sent five barges and two large
+launches to land under cover of their whole fire (being joined by the
+_Nimrod_ 20 gun brig). When the boats approached within grape distance,
+we opened our fire on them with round and grape shot. They retreated and
+came round the east side of the town. We checked them with our six
+pounder and muskets, 'till we dragged over one of our 18 pounders. We
+put in it a round shot and about 40 or 50 lbs. of grape, and placed it
+in the centre of their boats as they were rowing up in a line and firing
+on us. We tore one of their barges all in pieces; so that two, one on
+each side, had to lash her up, to keep her from sinking. They retreated
+out of grape distance, and we turned our fire upon the brig, and
+expended all our cartridges but five, which we reserved for the boats,
+if they made another attempt to land. We then lay four hours without
+being able to annoy the enemy in the least, except from muskets on the
+brig, while the fire from the whole fleet was directed against our
+buildings. After the third express to New London, some fixed ammunition
+arrived. We then turned our cannon on the brig, and she soon cut her
+cable and drifted out.
+
+The whole fleet then weighed, and anchored nearly out of reach of our
+shot, and continued this and the next day to bombard the town.
+
+They set the buildings on fire in more than twenty places, and we as
+often put them out. In the three days' bombardment they sent on shore 60
+tons of metal, and, strange to say, wounded only one man, since dead. We
+have picked up 15 tons, including some that was taken up out of the
+water, and the two anchors that we got.[18] We took up and buried four
+poor fellows that were hove overboard out of the sinking barge.
+
+Since peace, the officers of the _Despatch_ brig have been on shore
+here: they acknowledge they had 21 killed, and 50 badly wounded; and
+further say, had we continued our fire any longer, they should have
+struck, for they were in a sinking condition: for the wind then blew at
+S. W. directly into the harbour. Before the ammunition arrived, it
+shifted round to north, and blew out of the harbour. All the shot
+suitable for the cannon we have reserved. We have now more 18 pound shot
+than was sent us by government. We have put the two cannon in the
+arsenal, and housed all the munitions of war."
+
+
+EXTRACT FROM THE SPEECH OF GEN. ERASTUS ROOT, OF NEW YORK,
+
+In the House of Representatives, on the Bill to provide for the payment
+of Militia called out by State authority, and not placed under the
+command of the United States.
+
+[After animadverting with great severity on the affair at Pettipaug
+point,[19] and the course pursued by Governor Smith, of Connecticut, for
+the defence of New London]--
+
+"There was _one_ achievement, said Mr. R., which brightened the annals
+of Connecticut and shed lustre on the American character. He alluded to
+the _Defence of Stonington_. A more brilliant affair, said he, had not
+taken place during the late war. It was not rivalled by the defence of
+Sandusky, the glorious triumph on the Niagara, nor the naval victories
+on Erie and Champlain. And yet that heroic exploit is claimed in favor
+of Governor Smith's militia, and is to gild the pill which we are called
+upon to swallow. The detached militia, said Mr. R., had nothing to do in
+that affair. It was achieved by fourteen democrats, _volunteer_
+democrats, who were determined to defend the town or perish in its
+ruins. Commodore Hardy, fearful that that democratic town would send
+torpedoes among his squadron, demanded a pledge that no harm should be
+done to his ships. No pledge being given, and after advising the
+removal of women and children from the town, the enemy made a vigorous
+attack, first in barges, and afterwards in a brig of war. This heroic
+little band, with a single gun mounted on a small battery, drove off the
+brig as they had before driven off the barges. They sent havoc and death
+among the enemy,--saved the town,--and crowned themselves with never
+fading laurels."--_The (Hartford) Times, March 18, 1817._
+
+       *     *     *     *     *
+
+THE BATTLE OF STONINGTON, ON THE SEABOARD OF CONNECTICUT.
+
+BY PHILIP FRENEAU.
+
+_In an attack upon the town and a small fort of two guns, by the
+_RAMILLIES_, seventy-four gun ship, commanded by Sir Thomas Hardy; the
+_PACTOLUS_, 38 gun ship; _DESPATCH_ brig, and a razee, or bomb
+ship,--August, 1814._
+
+    Four gallant ships from England came
+    Freighted deep with fire and flame,
+    And other things we need not name,
+          To have a dash at Stonington.
+
+    Now safely moor'd, their work begun,
+    They thought to make the Yankees run,
+    And have a mighty deal of fun
+          In stealing sheep at Stonington.
+
+    A deacon then popp'd up his head,
+    And Parson Jones's sermon read,
+    In which the reverend doctor said
+          That they must fight for Stonington.
+
+    A townsman bade them, next, attend
+    To sundry resolutions penn'd,
+    By which they promised to defend
+          With sword and gun old Stonington.
+
+    The ships advancing different ways,
+    The Britons soon began to blaze,
+    And put th' old women in amaze,
+          Who feared the loss of Stonington.
+
+    The Yankees to their fort repair'd,
+    And made as though they little cared
+    For all that came--though very hard
+          The cannon play'd on Stonington.
+
+    The _Ramillies_ began the attack,
+    _Despatch_ came forward--bold and black--
+    And none can tell what kept them back
+          From setting fire to Stonington.
+
+    The bombardiers with bomb and ball
+    Soon made a farmer's barrack fall,
+    And did a cow-house sadly maul
+          That stood a mile from Stonington.
+
+    They kill'd a goose, they kill'd a hen,
+    Three hogs they wounded in a pen--
+    They dash'd away,--and pray what then?
+          _This_ was not taking Stonington.
+
+    The shells were thrown, the rockets flew,
+    But not a shell, of all they threw,
+    Though every house was full in view,
+          Could burn a house at Stonington.
+
+    To have _their_ turn, they thought but fair;--
+    The Yankees brought two guns to bear,
+    And, sir, it would have made you stare,
+          This smoke of smokes at Stonington.
+
+    They bor'd _Pactolus_ through and through,
+    And kill'd and wounded of her crew
+    So many, that she bade adieu
+         T' the gallant boys of Stonington.
+
+    The brig _Despatch_ was hull'd and torn--
+    So crippled, riddled, so forlorn--
+    No more she cast an eye of scorn
+          On the little fort at Stonington.
+
+    The _Ramillies_ gave up th' affray,
+    And, with her comrades sneaked away.
+    Such was the valor on that day,
+          Of British tars, near Stonington.
+
+    But some assert, on certain grounds,
+    (Besides the damage and the wounds,)
+    It cost the King ten thousand pounds
+          To have a dash at Stonington.
+
+[Few of Freneau's earlier and _better_ poems were so popular as this of
+"The Battle of Stonington," in its day. All Connecticut boys knew it by
+heart, and it had an established place among the 'declamations' of
+school exhibitions. Until within a few years it was to be found in the
+assortment of every street vender of ballads and patriotic
+poems,--sometimes in its original form, but more often, with
+'emendations and corrections.' In the broad-side from which I first
+learned it (bought at a stall in the neighborhood of Fulton market, some
+thirty years ago,) for the twelfth and thirteenth verses was substituted
+this:--
+
+    "They bored the _Despatch_ through and through,
+    And kill'd and wounded half her crew;
+    'Till crippled, riddled, she withdrew,--
+          And curs'd the boys of Stonington."]
+
+
+CELEBRATIONS OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK.
+
+1815.
+
+Thursday, Aug. 10th, the first anniversary of the battle, was observed
+as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. The old flag was again hoisted on
+the flag-staff at the battery: and a procession, formed at that place,
+marched to the Congregational meeting-house, to listen to a discourse by
+the pastor, Rev. Ira Hart. On its conclusion, the procession returned to
+the battery, where the exercises of the day were closed by prayer. "On
+Friday evening a grand anniversary ball was given; the assembly being
+both numerous and brilliant."--_Conn. Gazette, Aug. 23d._
+
+1818.
+
+Celebration at the Borough, on Monday, Aug. 10th. "The company was very
+numerous, and the business of the day went off with great eclat."--_Id.
+Aug. 12th, 1818._
+
+1824.
+
+An Oration was delivered at the Congregational meeting-house, by Rev.
+David Austin, "characteristic of his talents, patriotism, and
+eloquence." The concourse of citizens from Stonington and the
+neighboring towns was unusually large and respectable. An excellent
+dinner was provided by Major Babcock, at the Borough Hotel, to which a
+large number of citizens and invited guests did ample justice. The
+following were among the volunteer toasts:
+
+By Capt. Edmund Fanning. _The Grasshopper Fort_[B]--may it never be
+forgotten by those whom it defended.
+
+By Samuel Copp, Esq. _American Eighteen-pounders_--as handled in the
+Grasshopper Fort.
+
+By Gen. J. Isham. _August 10th, 1814_--May no vile calumniator hereafter
+attempt to tarnish the hard earned fame of the heroes of that day.
+
+By Gurdon Trumbull, Esq. _John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson_--Their
+elevation to the first offices of our government, will demonstrate that
+sovereignty is yet with the _people_, and guarantee the defence of our
+national rights, whether assailed by the _pen_ or the _sword_.
+
+By Dr. Swift. _Capt. Amos Palmer_--His memory; his energy and
+perseverance.
+
+By W. Storer Jun. _Gen. La Fayette_[C]--Whom God doth bless, we will
+honor.
+
+By Jesse Dean, esq. _Major Simeon Smith_--Who made cartridges of his
+stockings, for our defence, on the day we celebrate.--_New London
+Gazette, Aug. 18th._
+
+FOOTNOTES:
+
+[Footnote B: "Alluding to a term used by the Rev. Orator of the day."]
+
+[Footnote C: Gen. La Fayette's arrival at New York was daily expected.
+He landed at Castle Garden, Aug. 16th.]
+
+
+1826.
+
+The installation of Benevolent Chapter of Royal Arch Masons took place
+at Stonington, on the anniversary of the attack. The revenue cutters
+Eagle, from New Haven, the Newport cutter, and the steamboat
+Long-branch (Capt. Mather), from New London, brought numerous masonic
+and other guests,--military companies,--and a band of music. A
+procession of some three hundred brethren and companions was formed, by
+order of Doct. Thomas Hubbard, M. E. G. H. P., under the direction of
+Companions Gen. W. Williams, Samuel F. Denison, and others, as marshals.
+The procession marched to the site of the battery, where a spacious tent
+had been erected, with seats for 2500 persons,--and listened to a prayer
+from the Gr. Chaplain, Rev. Seth B. Paddock, and an Oration by Asa
+Child, Esq.; after which the new chapter was dedicated in ample form,
+and the several officers duly installed. A grand dinner closed the
+exercises of the day.--_N. L. Gazette, Aug. 16th._
+
+1827.
+
+A grand celebration, on the battle ground, where a large tent had been
+erected. Among the guests were his Excellency Governor Tomlinson and his
+staff. The procession formed early in the morning, and marched through
+the principal streets, escorted by the Stonington artillery and Norwich
+rifle companies, to the tent,--where an address was delivered by Gurdon
+Trumbull, Esq.: after which, the procession re-formed, and proceeded to
+the dinner table (spread in Mr. Faxon's rope walk, under the supervision
+of Major Paul Babcock). Samuel F. Denison, Esq., presided at the table,
+assisted by Major General Wm. Williams, George Hubbard and B. F.
+Babcock, Esquires. A long account of the celebration, with the toasts
+drank at the dinner, &c.--is given in the _New London Gazette_, of
+August 15th.
+
+
+
+
+NOTES.
+
+
+NOTE 1, page 9.
+
+Stonington Borough, incorporated by the Legislature [of Connecticut,] in
+1801, is situated on a narrow point of land about half a mile in length,
+at the eastern extremity of Long Island sound. On its eastern side lies
+Paucatuck bay, and on its west the harbour, terminating in Lambert's
+Cove. It has four [two] principal streets running north and south,
+intersected at right angles by nine cross streets, and contains about
+one hundred and twenty dwelling houses and stores. It has also two
+houses for public worship, an academy, where the languages are taught,
+and two common schools; two rope-walks, commodious wharves, and ware
+houses for storage.... In the census of 1810, the _town_ contained 3043
+inhabitants, and there are now [1819], 335 qualified electors.--_Pease &
+Niles's Gazetteer of Connecticut._
+
+
+NOTE 2, page 9.
+
+Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Bart.--afterwards Vice-Admiral, and G. C.
+B.,--was at this time not far from thirty-five years of age. He entered
+the British navy, as a midshipman, at twelve; and was promoted to the
+rank of commander in 1797, for distinguished gallantry in the capture of
+a French brig, under the walls of Vera Cruz. He commanded the _Mutine_
+brig, in the battle of the Nile,--became the favorite of Nelson, and was
+appointed to the command of his flag-ship, serving with him,
+successively, in the _Vanguard_, the _Namur_, the _St. George_, (at the
+battle of Copenhagen), the _Iris_ and _Amphitrion_, and the _Victory_,
+on board which Nelson conquered and fell at Trafalgar. Capt. Hardy was
+created a baronet, in February, 1806; from which period, until 1824, he
+was almost constantly on active duty in the West Indies and on American
+stations. He was made a knight commander of the Bath, Jan. 1815, and
+knight grand cross, in 1831. In October, 1827, he retired from the
+service; was appointed a lord of the admiralty in 1830; and governor of
+Greenwich Hospital, in 1834, retaining that office until his death,
+Sept. 20th, 1839.--_Annual Register_, vol. LXXXI, p. 363. _Dispatches &
+Letters of Nelson._
+
+[Col. Green gave the _substance_ of this note, from memory. A correct
+copy of it was published with the official account, in the _Gazette_ of
+Sept. 7th. Commodore Hardy wrote from on board the _Pactolus_,--his own
+ship, the _Ramilies_, then lying at anchor off the west end of Fisher's
+Island.]
+
+
+NOTE 3, page 10.
+
+Capt. Amos Palmer, and Dr. Wm. Lord. The former was the senior warden of
+the Borough, and chairman of the committee of citizens who had been
+entrusted, some months previously, with the preparations for defence.
+"He was distinguished for his integrity, his republican principles, and
+his patriotism."--_Pease & Niles's Gazetteer, 1819._ Capt. Palmer's own
+account of the attack (in a letter to the Secretary of War,) will be
+found on pages 33-36. He died at Stonington, March 1, 1816, æt. 69.
+
+
+NOTE 4, page 10.
+
+Brigadier-General Thomas H. Cushing, who commanded at New London. After
+the ratification of peace, in 1815, General Cushing received the
+appointment of collector of the port of New London, and retained the
+office till his death, Oct. 19th, 1822, æt. 67.--_Hist. of New London_,
+p. 649.
+
+
+NOTE 5, page 12.
+
+An account of the "Bombardment of Stonington" [by the Rev. Frederick
+Denison] printed in the _Mystic Pioneer_ of July 2d, 1859, contains many
+interesting particulars, "gathered from the lips of prominent actors in
+the battle." This account says, "The first men, so far as remembered,
+that took stations in the battery, were four, William Lord, Asa Lee,
+George Fellows, and Amos Denison. Just before six o'clock, six
+volunteers from Mystic, Jeremiah Holmes, Jeremiah Haley, Ebenezer
+Denison, Isaac Denison, and Nathaniel Clift, reached the place, on foot,
+and ran immediately to help to operate the gun in the battery."...
+
+... "The battery being small, but few men could work in it, and at this
+time [later in the morning of the 10th,] it was operated, as nearly as
+remembered, by Jeremiah Holmes, Simeon Haley, Jeremiah Haley, Isaac
+Denison, Isaac Miner, George Fellows, and Asa Lee." This list is not
+_complete_, but is doubtless correct so far as it relates to the
+_Mystic_ volunteers.
+
+
+NOTE 6, page 12.
+
+The wound proved mortal. Mr. Denison died November 1st, 1814. He was the
+fourth son of Isaac and Eunice [Williams] Denison, of Mystic, born Dec.
+27th, 1795. On the morning of the attack, Frederick,--a youth not yet
+nineteen years old,--hastened, on foot, to the Borough, to join the
+little band of volunteers, with whom were already his two elder
+brothers, Ebenezer and Isaac, and his brothers-in-law, Capt. Jer. Holmes
+and Capt. Nath. Clift. He went immediately to the battery, where he
+helped to work the guns, and during the heat of the action, when the
+match-rope proved unserviceable, volunteered to go out to procure a new
+supply. While on this dangerous errand, he was struck by a shot from the
+brig, or, as other accounts say, by a fragment scaled from a rock by a
+passing ball. The wound was not considered dangerous, and if surgical
+aid could have been promptly obtained, Mr. Denison's life might have
+been spared.
+
+In May, 1856, the Legislature of Connecticut made an appropriation for
+a suitable monument to his memory, which was erected in Elm Grove
+Cemetery, at Mystic.--F. D. [_Rev. Fred. Denison_,] in _Mystic Pioneer_,
+Aug. 27th, 1859.
+
+
+NOTE 7, page 13.
+
+"The colors on the flag staff were shot through nine times. A fence near
+by was pierced by _sixty-three_ balls."--_Mystic Pioneer._ The flag has
+been carefully preserved, and was in the keeping of Francis Amy,
+Esq.,--orderly sergeant of Capt. Potter's Company, at the time of the
+attack,--until his death in 1863. Its future preservation should be
+insured by depositing it with the Connecticut History Society.
+
+
+NOTE 8, page 13.
+
+Jirah Isham, Esq., commanding the 3d Brigade of the State Militia,--in
+the 3d Division, (William Williams, Esq., Major General.)
+
+
+NOTE 9, page 15.
+
+"On Sunday [Aug. 7] a flag came up [to New London] from the frigate
+_Forth_, Com. Hotham. The object was to obtain permission for James
+Stewart, Esq., formerly consul here, to take off his family. Mr. Stewart
+was on board. General Cushing, we understand, replied that the request
+would be forwarded to Washington."--_Conn. Gazette_, Aug. 10th.
+
+
+NOTE 10, page 17.
+
+Mr. Gurdon Trumbull was the bearer of this flag, and was accompanied by
+Dr. Wm. Lord. The boat was rowed to the _Ramillies_ by Noyes Brown and
+Jabez Holmes. Gen. Isham's explanation of the firing on Lieut. Claxton,
+under a flag of truce, had not been received by Com. Hardy when the boat
+with this letter from the civil authority came along side. The bearer
+of the letter was met, at the head of the gang-ladder by a lieutenant,
+and informed that the Commodore was much incensed at the insult offered
+to the flag, and would not receive any communication from the shore
+until it should be explained. Mr. Trumbull replied that he came as a
+messenger from the _civil_ and not the _military_ authorities, and was
+not instructed to offer any explanation: but, as an eye-witness of the
+transaction, he would state the circumstances, as they occurred. The
+lieutenant reported these to the Commodore, and returned with a message
+that the latter was "perfectly satisfied;" that the defenders of the
+place were fully authorized to prevent the nearer approach of the
+flag-boat; and that his officer [Lieut. Claxton] was in the wrong. Mr.
+Trumbull was then conducted to the cabin, where he found the Commodore,
+in consultation with all the other commanders of the squadron, and
+delivered the letter from the Borough authorities.
+
+
+NOTE 11, page 18.
+
+This is not exactly correct. He said nothing of Mrs. Stewart; but, after
+reading the letter, remarked, "I learn from this, Sir, that I am under
+the necessity of resuming hostilities,--which I shall do, at one
+o'clock."
+
+
+NOTE 12, page 18.
+
+Lieut. John Lathrop, of the Norwich Artillery or "Matross Company"
+(Capt. Charles Thomas). It will be seen, by the narrative of the
+magistrates, that Lieut. Lathrop was anticipated in the execution of
+this service, by a party of volunteers.
+
+
+NOTE 13, page 19.
+
+Lieut. Samuel L. Hough, of Canterbury, Lieutenant of the L. Infantry
+Company (Capt. James Aspinwall), detached from the 21st regiment of
+militia,--in the service of the U. States. Lieut. Hough's wound was not
+serious. He is still living (June, 1864),--and in receipt of a pension
+from the U. States.
+
+
+NOTE 14, page 24.
+
+This account was written by Alex. G. Smith, Esq.
+
+
+NOTE 15, page 26.
+
+Col. Wm. Randall, of Stonington, commanding the 30th Regiment of State
+Militia.
+
+
+NOTE 16, page 31.
+
+Too much praise can hardly be awarded to the volunteer firemen, who,
+during the whole of the engagement, continued to patrol the streets,
+watching the fall of every rocket and shell, and extinguishing fires as
+soon as lighted. Two of this band may be named without injustice to
+others, as having rendered efficient and constant service,--Capt.
+CHARLES H. SMITH and FRANCIS AMY, Esq., both serjeants in Capt. Potter's
+company. Capt. THOMAS SWAN was not less active or persevering. He
+remained in the Borough, (except for an hour's visit to his family,
+placed in safety at a farm house, a mile distant,) from the beginning of
+the attack till the departure of the ships; serving, as necessity
+required, with the volunteer firemen, and with the guard stationed on
+the east side of the Point to prevent a landing of the enemy from their
+boats.
+
+
+NOTE 17, page 32.
+
+See Capt. Palmer's letter to the Secretary of War, next following.
+
+
+NOTE 18, page 36.
+
+The anchor left by the _Dispatch_ brig, at Stonington, when she 'cut and
+run,' has been got up and brought to New London. It weighs upwards of 20
+_cwt._--_Niles's Weekly Register, Sept. 10, 1814._
+
+"Mr. Chalmers, late master of the _Terror_, bomb-vessel, employed in the
+attack on Stonington, has been captured in a British barge and sent to
+Providence. He says 170 bombs were discharged from that ship in the
+attack on Stonington, which were found to weigh 80 lb. each; the charge
+of powder for the mortar was 9 lbs.; adding to this the wadding, that
+vessel must have disgorged eight tons weight."--_Ibid._
+
+       *     *     *     *     *
+
+"The following appears in a New York paper, in the shape of an
+advertisement:
+
+_English Manufacture, and Memento of the "Magnanimity" of Commodore
+Hardy._
+
+Just received, and offered for sale, about
+
+THREE TONS OF ROUND SHOT,
+
+consisting of 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, and 32 lbs., very handsome, being a
+_small_ proportion of those which were fired from his Britannic
+Majesty's ships, on the unoffending inhabitants of Stonington, in the
+recent _brilliant_ attack on that place.
+
+LIKEWISE, a few _Carcasses_, in good order, weighing about 200 lbs.
+each.
+
+        Apply to                      S. TRUMBULL, 41 _Peck-slip_.
+
+N. B. The purchaser of the above can be supplied with about _two tons
+more_, if required.
+
+New York, November 19th, [1814.]"
+                              _Niles's Weekly Register, Dec. 3d, 1815._
+
+       *     *     *     *     *
+
+INDUSTRY.--Many of our readers will recollect the anecdote of the
+thrifty American who asked Commodore _Hardy_, when he would attack
+_Stonington_ again? so that he might have his cart ready to carry off
+the shot; and also the accounts we have had of the mighty mass of metal
+collected there and sold at New York, &c. It seems, however, that the
+_iron mine_ is not yet exhausted, for certain persons with a diving
+machine have raised no less than 11,209 lbs. of shot, which was thrown
+overboard from the _Pactolus_, when she was in such a hurry to get away
+from the two guns of Stonington! They have also picked up a quantity of
+copper.--Niles's _Weekly Register, June 3, 1815._
+
+
+NOTE 19, page 38.
+
+Capt. Coote, of H. B. M. brig _Borer_, landed two hundred men at
+Pettipaug, (Saybrook,) in barges and launches, on the 8th of April,
+1814, and destroyed upwards of twenty sail of vessels, without meeting
+any opposition (until after they had re-embarked,) and without the loss
+of a man.--_Conn. Gazette, April 13, 1814._
+
+
+
+
+LETTERS OF COMMODORE HARDY.
+
+
+Since the foregoing pages were printed, my friend Professor D. C.
+Gilman, has brought to my notice the original letters of Commodore
+Hardy, to the inhabitants of Stonington and to General Isham, which are
+now in the Library of Yale College. The first (of August 9th) was copied
+with sufficient accuracy in the account published by the magistrates,
+warden and burgesses (page 25), I reprint it here, but with a facsimile
+of the signature.
+
+
+                                     _His Britannic Majesty's Ship_,
+                                    PACTOLUS, _9th August, 1814.
+                                        1/2 past 5 o'clock, P. M._
+
+Not wishing to destroy the unoffending Inhabitants residing in the Town
+of Stonington, one hour is granted them from the receipt of this to
+remove out of the town.
+
+[Illustration: (Hardy Signature)]
+
+_To the Inhabitants of the Town of Stonington._
+
+
+The second, is in reply to the letter from the magistrates which was
+sent on board the _Ramillies_, by Col. Isaac Williams and Dr. William
+Lord, on Wednesday, the 10th. As "official etiquette" did net permit
+Col. Green to obtain "an exact copy," he could only print its substance
+"as far as memory served" (see page 14). The magistrates allude to it,
+in their published account (p. 30), as "the singular communication
+received from Commodore Hardy, which preceded the fire on Thursday." It
+is evident that the British commander was strangely in error as to the
+assurances and engagements which he professed to have received, or that
+the gentlemen entrusted with the delivery of the letter from the
+magistrates must, in their conference with the Commodore, have exceeded
+their instructions.
+
+
+                                         _Ramillies, off Stonington,
+                                                   10th August, 1814._
+GENTN
+
+I have received your letter and representation of the State of your
+Town, and as you have declared that Torpedoes, never have been harbored
+by the Inhabitants or ever will be, as far as lies in their power to
+prevent--and as you have engaged that Mrs. Stewart the wife of the
+British vice consul late resident at New London, with her family, shall
+be permitted to embark on board this Ship to-morrow morning, I am
+induced to wave the attempt of the total destruction of your Town, which
+I feel confident can be effected by the Squadron under my Orders.
+
+I am
+    Gentn
+        Your most obedient servant,
+          T. M. HARDY, Captain.
+
+_To Doctor_ LAW [_Lord_] _and Colonel_ Williams,
+_Stonington_.
+
+
+In reprinting the response of the civil authorities of Stonington, to
+the foregoing letter, on page 17, _ante_, an error in the date should
+have been corrected. It was written and despatched on the _eleventh_ of
+August.
+
+The following note acknowledges the explanation sent by General Isham,
+of the circumstances under which a flag of truce from the _Ramillies_,
+was fired upon by a sentinel at the Battery, on the morning of the 11th
+(see pages 16, 17, and note 10).
+
+
+                                       _Ramillies, off Stonington_,
+                                           _11th August, 1814._
+
+Sir,
+
+I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, apologizing
+for the Flag of Truce I sent on shore this morning, having been fired
+at; and I beg to assure you that under the Circumstances you have
+stated, the apology is perfectly satisfactory.
+
+    I have the honor to be, Sir,
+        Your most obedient
+            humble Servant,
+              T. M. HARDY, Captain.
+
+_To Brigadier_ ISHAM--_Commanding at Stonington_.
+
+
+
+
+
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+Title: The Defence of Stonington (Connecticut) Against a British Squadron, August 9th to 12th, 1814
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+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_i" id="Page_i">[Pg i]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+<h3>THE<br /></h3>
+
+<h1>Defence of Stonington</h1>
+
+<h5>(CONNECTICUT)<br /></h5>
+
+<h3>AGAINST A BRITISH SQUADRON,</h3>
+
+<h5>AUGUST 9TH TO 12TH, 1814.</h5>
+
+
+<p class="center">"Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona."</p>
+
+
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_ii" id="Page_ii">[Pg ii]</a></span></p>
+<h5>HARTFORD:</h5>
+<h5>1864.</h5>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;">
+<img src="images/i002resize.jpg" width="200" height="198" alt="" title="" />
+</div>
+
+
+<h5>ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE COPIES PRINTED.</h5>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_iii" id="Page_iii">[Pg iii]</a></span></p>
+<h5>FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION.<br /><br /><br /></h5>
+
+<p class="center">[Transcriber's Note: the various spellings of <i>Ramilies</i> have been retained in the text.<br />
+Similarly, some opening quotes are not always matched with closing quotes.]<br /><br /></p>
+
+<h2><a name="CONTENTS" id="CONTENTS">CONTENTS</a></h2>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="intro">
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#intro"><span class="smcap">Introductory Note</span></a></td><td align="right">page v</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#attack"><span class="smcap">Record of the extraordinary Attack on Stonington</span></a></td><td align="right">9</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#volunteers"><span class="smcap">Names of Volunteers, from the Connecticut Gazette</span></a></td><td align="right">20</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#muster"><span class="smcap">Muster-roll of Capt. Wm. Potter's Company</span></a></td><td align="right">22</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#borough"><span class="smcap">Account of the Attack, published by the Borough authorities</span></a></td><td align="right">24</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#amos"><span class="smcap">Letter from Capt. Amos Palmer to the Secretary of War</span></a></td><td align="right">33</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#root"><span class="smcap">Extract from Gen. Root's Speech in Congress, 1817</span></a></td><td align="right">37</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#freneau"><span class="smcap">The Battle of Stonington, by Philip Freneau</span></a></td><td align="right">38</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#celebrations"><span class="smcap">Celebrations of the Anniversary</span></a></td><td align="right">42</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#notes"><span class="smcap">Notes</span></a></td><td align="right">47</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_iv" id="Page_iv">[Pg iv]</a></span><br /><br /></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;">
+<img src="images/i005aresize.jpg" width="600" height="106" alt="" title="frieze" />
+</div>
+
+<h2><a name="intro" id="intro">INTRODUCTORY NOTE.</a></h2>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-top: 0em;">
+<img src="images/i005bresize.jpg" width="99px" height="150px" alt="T" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<p>he repulse of a British squadron, at Stonington, by a few undisciplined
+volunteers, having only two effective guns, imperfectly protected by a
+low earth-work,&mdash;and this repulse accomplished without the loss of a
+single life,&mdash;was not the least glorious achievement of the War of
+1812-14. The fiftieth anniversary of the action is close at hand. Few
+who witnessed,&mdash;only three or four who participated in it, survive. In
+this day of great events, when armies and navies are gathered on a scale
+of magnitude of which our fathers never dreamed,&mdash;when from the heights
+of modern science, we look back to the guns and the ships of war of the
+last generation, as to the toys of childhood,&mdash;when we are in the very
+crisis of a war greater in itself, and waged for a grander issue, than
+the world has hitherto witnessed,&mdash;it is not surprising that so few find
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_v" id="Page_v">[Pg v]</a></span>leisure or inclination to look from the present to the past, or to
+recall to memory the heroism of their fathers.</p>
+
+<p>Yet there are some for whom the story of <i>The Attack</i> has not yet lost
+its interest. They learned it in childhood, from the lips of those who
+shared the perils and the glory of the action. They grew up, amid
+associations which could hardly fail to kindle an honest pride in their
+birth-place. To them, the "Tenth of August" was not merely a
+school-holiday, but an anniversary entitled to equal honors with
+Independence Day itself. They have helped draw the "old Eighteens,"
+through the streets of the Borough, in solemn procession to the site of
+the demolished Battery. They have seen the cherished Flag&mdash;pierced and
+torn in a dozen places by the enemy's shot,&mdash;float again from the
+flag-staff, in honor of the day: and some of them were standing by when
+"Old Hickory" bared his head to salute it, and bade the citizens
+preserve, with all care, this precious memorial of the courage and
+patriotism of their townsmen.</p>
+
+<p>It is for these&mdash;the companions of my own school-days,&mdash;and in honor of
+the volunteers of 1814, that I have reproduced some of the contemporary
+accounts of the attack and defence of Stonington. The first (pp. 9-20)
+was written by Col. Samuel Green, the pub<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_vii" id="Page_vii">[Pg vi-vii]</a></span>lisher of the <i>Connecticut
+Gazette</i>, who visited the Borough during the action, and obtained his
+knowledge of facts of which he was not an eye-witness, from the actors
+themselves and from official sources. This account, printed in the
+<i>Gazette</i>, of August 17th, was copied into many of the newspapers in the
+northern states, and appeared in Niles's <i>Weekly Register</i>, November
+5th, with some additional particulars.</p>
+
+<p>Following this, are copies of the muster-roll of the Borough company of
+militia; the official account furnished for publication by the
+magistrates, warden and burgesses (pp. 24-32); and a letter from Capt.
+Amos Palmer, chairman of the citizens' committee of defence, to Mr.
+Crawford, secretary of war, containing a concise narrative of the
+action. Philip Freneau's <i>Battle of Stonington</i>,&mdash;though not of the
+highest order of lyric excellence,&mdash;challenges favorable comparison with
+many of the loyal effusions which have found their way to the public,
+during the present war; and will be welcomed as an old friend by some
+who value patriotism more than poetry.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;T.</p>
+
+<p >
+<i>Hartford, Conn., July 28th, 1864.</i><br /><br />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;">
+<img src="images/i005aresize.jpg" width="600" height="106" alt="" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<h2>THE DEFENCE OF STONINGTON.</h2>
+
+
+<h5>[From the Conn. Gazette, Aug. 17th, 1814.]</h5>
+
+<p class="center"><a name="attack" id="attack"><span class="smcap">Record of the Extraordinary Attack on Stonington.</span></a>
+<a name="FNanchor_1" id="FNanchor_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a></p>
+
+
+<p style="text-align: right"><span class="smcap">New London, August 17, 1814.</span></p>
+
+
+<div class="figleft" style="margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 0em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-top: 0em;">
+<img src="images/i009bresize.jpg" width="81px" height="150px" style="margin-top: -1em;" alt="O" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<p>n Tuesday the 9th instant, at 5 P. M. the <i>Ramilies</i>, 74, <i>Pactolus</i>,
+38, a bomb ship, and the <i>Dispatch</i>, 22 gun brig, arrived off
+Stonington, and a flag was sent on shore with the following note&mdash;</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot">
+<p style="text-align: right">"<i>On board his Majesty's Ship, Ramilies,</i><br />
+<i>Stonington, Aug. 9.</i></p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">To the Magistrates of Stonington.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>Gentlemen&mdash;One hour is allowed you from the receipt of this
+communication, for the removal of the unoffending inhabitants.</p>
+
+<p style="text-align: right;">
+THOMAS M. HARDY.<a name="FNanchor_2" id="FNanchor_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a><br />
+</p></div>
+
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>This notification was received by two magistrates<a name="FNanchor_3" id="FNanchor_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a> and Lieutenant
+Hough of the drafted militia, who went off to meet the flag. The officer
+was asked whether a flag would not be received on board. He said no
+arrangements could be made. They inquired whether Com. Hardy had
+determined to destroy the town. He replied that such were his orders
+from the Admiral, and that it would be done most effectually.</p>
+
+<p>When the gentlemen reached the shore, a crowd waited with great anxiety
+for the news; which being stated, consternation flew through the town.
+An express was despatched to General Cushing,<a name="FNanchor_4" id="FNanchor_4"></a><a href="#Footnote_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a> at New London. A number
+of volunteers hastened to collect ammunition; others ran to the battery,
+which consisted of two 18 pounders and a 4 pounder, on field carriages,
+with a slight breast work, 4 feet high. The sick and the aged were
+removed with haste: the women and children, with loud cries, were seen
+running in every direction. Some of the most valuable articles were
+hastily got off by hand, others placed in the gardens and lots, or
+thrown into wells, to save them from the impending conflagration. The
+sixty minutes expired, but the dreaded moment did not bring the attack.
+Nelson's favorite hero and friend was seized with the compunctions of
+magnanimity;&mdash;he remembered what ancient Britons were; he remembered
+that something was due to the character of Sir Thomas M. Hardy. Three
+hours in fact elapsed, when at 8 in the evening the attack was commenced
+by a discharge of shells from<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span> the bomb ship. Several barges and
+launches had taken their stations in different points, from whence they
+threw Congreve rockets, and carcasses. This mode of attack was continued
+incessantly till midnight; and the fire was returned occasionally from
+the battery, as the light of the rockets gave opportunity with any
+chance of success.</p>
+
+<p>The few drafted militia which had been sometime stationed there, under
+command of Lieutenant Hough, were placed in the best directions to give
+an alarm in case a landing should be attempted. During the night the
+volunteers and militia had assembled in considerable numbers; and the
+non-combatant inhabitants had generally removed to the neighboring
+farm-houses, in the momentary expectation of seeing their abandoned
+dwellings in flames. It was a night of inexpressible anguish to many a
+widow and orphan, to many aged and infirm, whose little pittance they
+were now apparently to lose forever. But Providence directed otherwise.
+This compact little village of 100 buildings had been for four hours
+covered with flames of fire and bomb shells, and not a single building
+was consumed nor a person injured.</p>
+
+<p>At the dawn of day on the 10th, the approach of the enemy was announced
+by a discharge of Congreve rockets from several barges and a launch,
+which had taken their station, on the east side of the town, and out of
+reach of the battery. Several volunteers, with small arms and the four
+pounder, hastened across the<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span> point, supposing the enemy were attempting
+a landing. Colonel Randall of the 13th regiment, who at the time was
+moving towards the battery with a detachment of militia, ordered them to
+assist the volunteers in drawing over one of the 18 pounders to the
+extreme end of the point; the fire of which in a few minutes compelled
+the barges to seek safety in flight. During this time the brig was
+working up towards the Point, and soon after sunrise came to anchor,
+short of half a mile from the battery, (or more correctly, the
+breastwork). Our ammunition being soon exhausted, the guns were spiked,
+and the men who fought them, being only about 15 or 20,<a name="FNanchor_5" id="FNanchor_5"></a><a href="#Footnote_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a> retired,
+leaving them behind for want of strength to drag them off.</p>
+
+<p>The brig now continued deliberately to pour her 32 pound shot and grape
+into the Village, without our having the power of returning a shot, for
+an hour, and the bomb ketch occasionally threw in shells. A fresh supply
+of ammunition being obtained, the 18 pounder was withdrawn from the
+breastwork, the vent drilled, and the piece taken back again, when such
+an animated and well directed fire was kept up, that at 3 o'clock the
+brig slipped her cable and hauled off, with her pumps going, having
+received several shots below her water line, and considerable damage in
+her spars, &amp;c. During this action between the eighteen pounder and the
+brig, Mr. Frederick Denison was slightly wounded in the knee,<a name="FNanchor_6" id="FNanchor_6"></a><a href="#Footnote_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a> by a
+fragment of a rock, and Mr. John Miner, badly burnt in his face by the
+premature di<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span>scharge of the gun. The flag, which was nailed to the mast,
+was pierced with seven shot holes,<a name="FNanchor_7" id="FNanchor_7"></a><a href="#Footnote_7" class="fnanchor">[7]</a> the breast-work somewhat injured,
+and 6 or 8 of the dwelling-houses in the vicinity essentially injured.
+At this time a considerable body of militia had arrived, and
+Brigadier-General Isham<a name="FNanchor_8" id="FNanchor_8"></a><a href="#Footnote_8" class="fnanchor">[8]</a> had taken the command; the inhabitants had
+recovered from the consternation of the first moments; and were
+deliberately moving off their furniture and goods. At 1 o'clock the
+Ramilies and Pactolus had taken stations about two and a half miles from
+the town, when resistance appearing hopeless, the Magistrates as a last
+resort applied to the General for permission to send a flag off, being
+impressed with the opinion that there must exist some latent cause of a
+peculiar nature to induce a commander who had heretofore distinguished
+himself for a scrupulous regard to the claims of honorable warfare,&mdash;to
+induce him to commit an act so repugnant to sound policy, so abhorrent
+to his nature, so flagrant an outrage on humanity. The General, we
+understand, would not sanction, nor did he absolutely prohibit, a flag
+being sent. They, therefore, on their own responsibility, sent on board
+the Ramilies, Isaac Williams and Wm. Lord, Esquires, with the following
+letter.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="blockquot">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="letter">
+<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Copy.</span>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><i>Stonington August 10, 1814.</i></td></tr>
+</table>
+<p>
+<span class="smcap">To Sir Thomas M. Hardy</span>,<br />
+</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Sir</span>&mdash;Agreeable to notice received from you yesterday, this town is now
+cleared of "unoffending inhabitants," and they feeling anxious about the
+fate of their village, are desirous to know from you, your determination
+respecting it. Yours, &amp;c.</p>
+
+<p style="text-align: right">
+<i>Amos Denison</i>, Burgess.<br />
+<i>William Lord</i>, Magistrate.<br />
+
+</p></div>
+
+<p>The deputation proceeded on board the Ramilies, and shortly after an
+officer informed the boatmen that they might return to the shore, as the
+gentlemen would be landed in a boat from the ship; and that Captain
+Hardy had declared that no further hostilities would be committed
+against the town. After remaining on board an hour, or more, the
+deputation were conveyed in a flag from the ship, which was met by one
+from the shore. They brought with them a very singular and extraordinary
+communication. An exact copy cannot at present be obtained, as official
+etiquette will not permit; but having read it when it was received on
+shore, as far as memory serves us, it was as follows:</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot"><p><i>On board H. M. Ship Ramilies, off Stonington, Aug. 10.</i></p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Gentlemen</span>&mdash;You having given assurances that no torpedoes have been
+fitted out from Stonington; and having engaged to exert your influence
+to prevent any from being fitted out or receiving any aid from your
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span>town: If you send on board this ship tomorrow at eight o'clock, Mrs.
+Stewart, wife of James Stewart esq. late His Majesty's Consul at New
+London, and their children, I engage that no further hostilities shall
+be committed against Stonington; otherwise I shall proceed to destroy it
+effectually.&mdash;For which purpose I possess ample means.</p>
+
+<p style="text-align: right">T. M. HARDY, Capt.<br />
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>This letter was received indignantly. No answer was given. It was a fact
+well known that no torpedoes have been fitted out at Stonington, and
+that the inhabitants are unfriendly to the system; but neither
+individuals nor the town have power to prevent their resorting to that
+place. The condition <i>sine qua non</i>, is truly <i>tragi-farcical</i>. Neither
+the town of Stonington or the State of Connecticut, had any legal power
+to comply with it, which Capt. Hardy well knew. And if Stonington Point
+with its rocky foundations had been in danger of being blown up,
+scarcely a voice would have been raised to have saved it on such
+disgraceful terms. The first duty of a citizen we are taught in
+Connecticut, is to obey the laws. Mrs. Stewart is under the protection
+of the government of the United States, and the petition of her husband
+for a permission for a departure is in the hands of a proper authority,
+who will undoubtedly decide correctly in the case.<a name="FNanchor_9" id="FNanchor_9"></a><a href="#Footnote_9" class="fnanchor">[9]</a></p>
+
+<p>Our countrymen at a distance, from the importance Capt. Hardy has
+attached to the circumstance of Mrs.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span> Stewart's being sent off to the
+British squadron, may possibly apprehend that she has received insult,
+or signified some fears for the personal safety of herself and
+children.&mdash;So far from this being the fact, no lady ever experienced
+greater civilities from the citizens; as no one has better deserved
+them. And her feelings during the proceedings at Stonington, demanded
+the sympathy of her friends.</p>
+
+<p>By the terms offered by Capt. Hardy, it was impossible to discover
+whether he was most doubtful of his ability to accomplish the
+destruction of the town, or desirous of a pretext to save it. He assured
+the gentlemen who accompanied the flag that this was the most unpleasant
+expedition he had undertaken.</p>
+
+<p>The truce on the part of the enemy having expired at 8 o'clock on
+Thursday morning, a flag was soon after observed at the battery to be
+coming on shore, and there not being sufficient time to give information
+of the fact at head quarters and receive instructions, it was determined
+by the officer then commanding to send a boat off to receive the
+communication. Mr. Faxon, of Stonington, took charge of the boat, met
+the flag, and offered to convey the dispatch agreeable to its
+directions. The British officer, Lieut. Claxton, questioned his
+authority to receive it; enquired whether Mrs. Stewart would be sent
+off; and said he would go on shore. Mr. Faxon replied, that he knew
+nothing of Mrs. Stewart; and that if he attempted to proceed for the
+shore, he would undoubtedly be fired on. He continued his<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span> course, when
+a centinel was directed to fire forward of the boat, but the ball passed
+through the after sail. They immediately put about and steered for the
+ship; the lieutenant swearing revenge, for what he termed an insult to
+his flag.</p>
+
+<p>An explanation of the circumstance was immediately transmitted by
+General Isham to Capt. Hardy, which he received as satisfactory.</p>
+
+<p>At the moment, a flag had started for the Ramilies,<a name="FNanchor_10" id="FNanchor_10"></a><a href="#Footnote_10" class="fnanchor">[10]</a> from the civil
+authority of the town, which was received on board; by which was sent
+the following letter:&mdash;</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot">
+<p style="text-align: right"><i>Stonington Boro', Aug. 14, 1814.</i></p>
+<p style="text-align: center"><span class="smcap">To Thomas M. Hardy</span>, <i>Commander of H.B.M. Ship
+Ramilies</i>.</p>
+
+<p>Sir&mdash;Since the flag went into New London for Mrs. Stewart, and family,
+General Cushing, who commands at New London, has written, we are
+informed, to the Secretary of War on the subject, and it is our opinion
+that the request will be complied with. But whatever may be the result
+of the communication from Gen. Cushing, you will be satisfied it is not
+in our power to enter into any arrangement with you respecting her.</p>
+
+<p>
+From yours, &amp;c.<br />
+<br /></p>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="list">
+<tr><td align="left">Isaac Williams,</td><td rowspan="3" align="left"><span class="bracket3">}</span><i>&nbsp;Magistrates.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">William Lord,</td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Alexander G. Smith,</td><td align="left"></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Joseph Smith, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Warden</i>.</td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Geo. Hubbard,</td><td rowspan="2" align="left"><span class="bracket2">}</span><i>&nbsp;Burgesses.</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Amos Denison,</td><td align="left"></td></tr>
+</table></div>
+</div>
+
+
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>To this letter, Capt. Hardy replied verbally, that he should allow till
+12 o'clock for Mrs. Stewart to be brought on board.<a name="FNanchor_11" id="FNanchor_11"></a><a href="#Footnote_11" class="fnanchor">[11]</a> At this time the
+principal part of three regiments of militia had arrived, and the town
+was perfectly secure against a landing.</p>
+
+<p>At 3 o'clock, the bomb ship commenced throwing shells into the town; and
+being out of reach of our cannon, the General withdrew the militia,
+excepting a guard of 50 men who were ordered to patrol the streets for
+the extinguishment of fire, should any happen. The bombardment continued
+till evening.</p>
+
+<p>On Friday morning the bomb ship renewed her operations a little before
+sunrise, while the Ramilies and Pactolus were warping in. At eight
+o'clock the frigate opened her fire and was soon followed by the
+Ramilies. At this time the cannon were ordered to be moved to the north
+end of the town, where they would have been serviceable if an attempt
+had been made to land under cover of the ships. This was a very
+hazardous service, as the party would be entirely exposed to the fire of
+the enemy. Volunteers in sufficient numbers instantly offered their
+services; among whom were upwards of twenty of the Norwich artillery.
+The command of the party was entrusted to Lieutenant Lathrop,<a name="FNanchor_12" id="FNanchor_12"></a><a href="#Footnote_12" class="fnanchor">[12]</a> of
+that corps. They marched to the battery and brought off the pieces
+without the smallest accident; exhibiting all the steadiness which
+characterises veteran soldiers.</p>
+
+<p>This tremendous cannonade and bombardment continued till nearly noon,
+when it ceased; and about<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span> four o'clock the ships hauled off to their
+former anchorage.</p>
+
+<p>During the succeeding night a large force was kept on guard, in the
+expectation and hope that a landing would be attempted. The militia
+during this afflicting scene discovered the very best disposition, and
+were eager to take revenge of the enemy or sacrifice their lives in the
+contest.</p>
+
+<p>It may be considered miraculous that during the several attacks, while
+so many were exposed to this terrible and protracted bombardment and
+cannonade, not a person was killed, and but five or six wounded, and
+those but slightly. Among the wounded is Lieutenant Hough<a name="FNanchor_13" id="FNanchor_13"></a><a href="#Footnote_13" class="fnanchor">[13]</a> of the
+drafted militia.</p>
+
+<p>On Saturday morning the enemy relinquished the hope of burning the town,
+weighed anchor, and proceeded up Fisher's Island sound.</p>
+
+<p>The volunteers who so gloriously fought in the battery, deserve the
+thanks of their country. No men could have done better. Their example
+will have the happiest influence.</p>
+
+<p>About forty buildings are more or less injured, 8 or 10 essentially so;
+and two or three may be considered as ruined. The damage was principally
+done by the brig. Many shells did not explode, several were
+extinguished. The Congreve Rockets which were frightful at first, lost
+their terrors, and effected little.</p>
+
+<p>The inhabitants, fearing another attack, have not returned to their
+dwellings, and their desolate situation<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span> calls loudly upon the
+philanthropy of their fellow citizens. If a brief should be granted for
+collections in the churches of the State we trust very essential aid
+will be furnished. Nineteen-twentieths of the inhabitants, it is said,
+have no other property than their dwellings.</p>
+
+<p>A Nantucket man has been on board the British fleet to redeem his boat,
+and learned that the Dispatch had 2 men killed and 12 wounded; her loss
+was undoubtedly much greater.</p>
+
+<hr style="width: 50%;" />
+
+<h3><a name="volunteers" id="volunteers">NAMES OF VOLUNTEERS.</a></h3>
+
+<h5>[From the Conn. Gazette, Aug. 24th.]</h5>
+
+<p>The following is handed us as a list of the volunteers (tho' presumed
+not entirely perfect,) of those who so bravely stood the brunt of the
+attack of Stonington Point:&mdash;</p>
+
+<p class="center">Of <i>Stonington</i>:&mdash;<br /></p>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="list1">
+<tr><td align="left">Capt. George Fellows,</td><td align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;Gurdon Trumbull,</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Capt. Wm. Potter,</td><td align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;Alex. G. Smith,</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Dr. Wm. Lord,</td><td align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;Amos Denison jun.,</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Lieut. H. G. Lewis,</td><td align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;Stanton Gallup,</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Ensign D. Frink,</td><td align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;Eb. Morgan,</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2">John Miner.</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span></p>
+
+<p class="center">Of <i>Mystic</i>:&mdash;</p>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="list2">
+<tr><td align='left'>Jesse Deane,</td><td align='left'>Jeremiah Holmes,</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Deane Gallup,</td><td align='left'>N. Cleft,</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Fred. Haley,</td><td align='left'>Jedediah Reed.</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<p class="center">Of <i>Groton</i>:&mdash;</p>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="list3">
+<tr><td align='left'>Alfred White,</td><td align='left'>Frank Daniels,</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Ebenezer Morgan,</td><td align='left'>Giles Moran.</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<p class="center">Of <i>New London</i>:&mdash;</p>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="list4">
+<tr><td align='left'>Major Simeon Smith,</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Capt. Noah Lester (formerly of the Army),</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Major N. Frink,</td><td align='left'>Lambert Williams.</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<p class="center">From <i>Massachusetts</i>:&mdash;</p>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="letter2">
+<tr><td align='left'>Capt. Leonard, and Mr. Dunham.<br /><br /></td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<h5>[From the Conn. Gazette, Aug. 31st.]</h5>
+
+<p>By an error of the compositor, the following names were omitted in the
+list published in our last paper, of volunteers who so greatly
+contributed to the glorious defence and preservation of Stonington,
+viz.:&mdash;</p>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="names">
+<tr><td align='left'>Simeon Haley,</td><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thomas Wilcox,</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Jeremiah Haley,</td><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Luke Palmer,</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Frederick Denison,</td><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;George Palmer,</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>John Miner,</td><td align='left'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wm. G. Bush,</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Asa Lee.</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<p>There were probably others, whom we have not learnt.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</a></span></p>
+
+
+<div class="blockquot"><h5>[From the original in the Comptroller's office, at Hartford.]</h5></div>
+
+<p><a name="muster" id="muster"><span class="smcap">Muster Roll</span></a> of the 8th Company of Infantry under the command of <span class="smcap">Captain
+Wm. Potter</span> in the Thirtieth Regiment of Con. Militia in service of the
+United States, at Stonington, commanded by Lieut. Col. <span class="smcap">Wm. Randall</span>, from
+the 9th of August when last mustered, to the 27th of August 1814.&mdash;</p>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="schedule">
+<tr><td align='center'><i>Names and Rank.</i></td><td></td><td align='right'><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;Commencement<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;of service.</i></td><td align="center"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;Expiration<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;of service.</i></td><td></td><td align="center"><i>Alterations and Remarks<br /> since last muster.</i></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'><i>Captain</i>, William Potter,</td><td></td><td align='right'>Aug. 9</td><td align="right">Aug. 27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'><i>Lieut.</i> Horatio G. Lewis,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'><i>Ensign</i>, Daniel Frink,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;23</td><td align="left"><span class="bracket3">{</span></td><td align="left">detached for service<br />and ordered to N.<br />London, Aug. 22.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='center'><i>Sergeants:</i></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Francis Amy,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;19</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Charles H. Smith,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Peleg Hancox,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;22</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Gurdon Trumbull,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='center'><i>Corporals:</i></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Azariah Stanton jr.,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;16</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Junia Cheesebrough,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Joshua Swan jr.,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;22</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Phineas Wilcox,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;23</td><td align="left"><span class="bracket3">{</span></td><td align="left">detached for service<br />and ordered to New<br />London, Aug. 23.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Hamilton White,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Henry Wilcox,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;23</td><td align="left"><span class="bracket3">{</span></td><td align="left">detached for service<br />and ordered to New<br />London, Aug. 23.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Nathan Wilcox,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Samuel Burtch,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Jonathan Palmer,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Andrew P. Stanton,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>James Stanton,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Thomas Breed,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><span class="bracket2">{</span></td><td align="left">Volunteer exempt,<br />discharg., Aug. 17.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Amos Loper,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><span class="bracket2">{</span></td><td align="left">Volunteer exempt,<br />discharg., Aug. 20.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Samuel Bottum, Jr.,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td></tr>
+
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Benj. Merritt,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left"><span class="bracket3">{</span></td><td align="left">Produced certificate<br />of parole on 15th<br />Aug. &amp; discharged.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Elisha Cheesebrough Jr.,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Christopr. Wheeler,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;23</td><td align="left"><span class="bracket3">{</span></td><td align="left">detached for service<br />and ordered to New<br />London, Aug. 23.</td></tr>
+
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Amos Hancox,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Zebadiah Palmer,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Nathl. Waldron,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Thomas Spencer,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;19</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Nathl. M. Pendleton,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Simon Carew,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;22</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Elisha Faxon Jun.,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;22</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Ebenezer Halpin,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;22</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;23</td><td align="left"><span class="bracket3">{</span></td><td align="left">detached for service<br />and ordered to New<br />London, Aug. 23.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Asa Wilcox Jun.,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;22</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;23</td><td align="left"><span class="bracket3">{</span></td><td align="left">detached for service<br />and ordered to New<br />London, 23 Aug.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Warren Palmer,</td><td></td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;22</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Joseph Bailey Jun.</td><td rowspan="3" align="right"><span class="bracket3">}</span><i>Waiters</i>,</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27</td><td align="right"><span class="bracket2">{</span></td><td align="left">Waiter to Capt.<br />Wm. Potter.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Nathl. Lewis, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"&nbsp;</td><td align='right'>"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;23</td><td rowspan="2" align="right"><span class="bracket2">{</span></td><td align="left">Waiter to Lieut.<br />G. Lewis</td></tr>
+
+</table></div>
+
+<p>I certify, upon honor, that this Muster Roll exhibits a true statement
+of the 8th Company; and that the remarks set opposite the men's names
+are accurate and just.</p>
+
+<p style="text-align: right">
+<span class="smcap">William Potter</span>, <i>Capt.</i><br />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[Pg 23]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>We certify upon honor, that the foregoing Muster Roll exhibits a true
+statement of Captain William Potter's Company; and that the remarks set
+opposite the men's names are accurate and just.</p>
+
+<p style="text-align: right">
+<span class="smcap">John Jamieson Jr.</span>, <i>Asst. Adjt. Genl. &amp;<br />
+Mustering Officer, per order</i>.<br />
+<br />
+<span class="smcap">Wm Lord</span>, <i>Regimental Surgeon</i>.<br />
+</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 50%;" />
+<p class="center"><a name="borough" id="borough"><span class="smcap">Account of the Attack, furnished for publication, by the Magistrates,
+Warden and Burgesses.</span></a><a name="FNanchor_14" id="FNanchor_14"></a><a href="#Footnote_14" class="fnanchor">[14]</a></p>
+
+<h5>[From the Conn. Gazette, Sept. 7th,]</h5>
+
+<p style="text-align: right">
+<i>Stonington Borough, Aug. 29, 1814.</i><br />
+</p>
+
+<p><i>Mr.</i> Green&mdash;In relation to the extraordinary attack of the enemy, of
+the 9th inst., on this village, the public have been furnished with
+various accounts; and though the circumstantial and generally correct
+account given in your paper [of the 7th of August,] precludes the
+necessity of a recapitulation of the whole transaction, yet this village
+having been the object of the attack and resentment of Sir Thomas, the
+Magistrates, Warden and Burgesses residing therein, feeling deeply
+interested that some official document comprehending a supply of some
+facts not given, and alteration of<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</a></span> others, and a general statement
+relative to the whole, should be published,&mdash;offer the public the
+following statement:</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot">
+<p>On Tuesday afternoon of the 9th inst. anchored off our harbor, the
+frigate <i>Pactolus</i>, the <i>Terror</i>, a bomb ship, and the brig <i>Dispatch</i>
+of 20 guns. From the difficulty of the navigation in Fisher's Island
+Sound, we have been generally impressed that such ships of war dare not
+approach us; but the presumption of the enemy has created new fears, and
+we think it our duty to say, that further means of defence and
+protection ought to be afforded us; this we have often requested.
+Various were the opinions respecting the object of the enemy, but soon
+all was settled. A flag was discovered to leave the frigate and row
+towards the town. The impropriety of suffering them to come on more was
+suggested; and a boat was immediately obtained, Capt. Amos Palmer,
+William Lord Esq., and Lieut. Hough of the detachment here, selected,
+and the flag of the enemy met by ours, when we received the following
+unexpected and short notice&mdash;(This not having been furnished the public
+correctly we give it at length:)</p>
+
+<p style="text-align: right">
+<i>His Britannic Majesty's ship</i> <span class="smcap">Pactolus</span>,<br />
+<i>9th of August, 1814, halfpast 5 o'clock, P. M.</i><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Not wishing to destroy the unoffending inhabitants residing in the town
+of Stonington, one hour is given<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[Pg 25]</a></span> them from the receipt of this, to
+remove out of the town.
+</p>
+
+<p style="text-align: right">
+T. M. HARDY, <i>Capt. of H. B. M. Ship</i> <span class="smcap">Ramilies</span>.<br />
+<br /></p>
+
+<p>
+<i>To the Inhabitants of the Town of<br />
+Stonington.</i><br />
+</p></div>
+
+<p>From the date of this communication it will appear that Commander Hardy
+was himself on board the Pactolus to direct the attack; the <i>Ramilies</i>
+then laying at anchor at the west end of Fisher's Island. The people
+assembled in great numbers to hear what was the word from the enemy;
+when the above was read aloud. The enemy in the barge lay upon their
+oars a few moments, probably to see the crowd and if some consternation
+might not prevail. Whatever effect was produced, this we know, that Sir
+Thomas's "unoffending inhabitants" did not agree to give up the ship,
+though threatened by a force competent, in a human view, to destroy
+them, when compared with the present means of defence in their power. It
+was exclaimed, from old and young, <i>We will defend</i>. The male citizens,
+though duly appreciating the humanity of Sir Thomas, in not wishing to
+destroy them, thought proper to defend their wives and their children,
+and, in many instances, all their property; and we feel a pleasure in
+saying that a united spirit of defence prevailed, and, during the short
+hour granted us, expresses were sent to Gen. Cushing at New London, and
+to Col. Randall,<a name="FNanchor_15" id="FNanchor_15"></a><a href="#Footnote_15" class="fnanchor">[15]</a> whose regiment resided nearest to the scene<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span> of
+danger. The detachment stationed here under Lieut. Hough was embodied;
+Capt. Potter, residing within the Borough, gave orders to assemble all
+the officers and men under his command that could be immediately
+collected. They cheerfully and quickly assembled, animated with the true
+spirit of patriotism. The ammunition for our two 18-pounders and
+4-pounder was collected at the little breast-work erected by ourselves.
+The citizens of the Borough, assisted by two strangers from
+Massachusetts, manned the 18-pounders at the breast-work, and also the
+4-pounder. One cause of discouragement, only, seemed to prevail, which
+was the deficiency of ammunition for the cannon. This circumstance,
+however, together with the superior force arrayed against us, did not
+abate the zeal for resistance. Such guards of musketry as were in our
+power to place, were stationed at different points on the shores. In
+this state of preparation we waited the attack of the enemy. About 8
+o'clock in the evening they commenced by the fire of a shell from the
+bomb-ship, which was immediately returned by a shot from our 18-pounder.
+This attack of the enemy was immediately succeeded by one from three
+launches and four barges, surrounding the point, throwing rockets and
+shot into the village. This also was returned as often as, by the light
+of the rockets streaming from the barges, we could discover them.
+Assisted by the above military force, the inhabitants alone, some
+seventy years old, defended the town until about 11 o'clock; and had it
+not been for<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</a></span> the spirited resistance manifested, a landing no doubt,
+would have been effected. At this time Col. Randall had arrived, and
+having issued orders to the militia under his command, they began to
+assemble, and from the short notice given them were truly prompt and
+active in appearing at the post of danger: some volunteers had also
+arrived. From this additional strength, the apprehensions of the enemy's
+landing, in a measure vanished. Their shells, rockets and carcasses,
+having been prevented from spreading the destruction intended, they
+ceased firing them about 12 o'clock. All was still from this time until
+day-light. A fire of rockets and shot from the launches and barges again
+commenced, which was spiritedly returned from our artillery taken from
+the breast-work, in open view of the enemy and exposed to their shot, on
+the end of the point, and they [were] compelled to recede. This truly
+hazardous service was nobly performed. Col. Randall having been prompt
+in his appearance, as were all the officers and soldiers of his
+regiment, they were now organized, ready and eager to receive our
+invaders. From the spirit manifested among the citizens, volunteers and
+soldiers, and the judicious arrangements made of the troops assembled,
+had a landing been attempted a good account would no doubt have been
+given of them. We were now also assisted by numbers of volunteers. The
+barges having receded from the fire of our four and eighteen-pounder on
+the Point, they were taken back to the breast-work.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[Pg 28]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>About 8 o'clock in the morning of Wednesday, the Brig [<i>Dispatch</i>]
+hauled within half a mile of our breast-work, and opened a well directed
+and animated fire. Our few guns being now well manned by citizens and
+volunteers, from Stonington, New London, Mistick and Groton, they were
+ready to receive her. Her fire was returned with a spirit and courage
+rarely to be equalled,&mdash;and of those gallant souls who stood this
+conflict, we can only say, they gloriously did their duty. Heroes having
+so nobly acted, with ours, will receive the plaudit of their country.
+What effect such bravery had on the enemy, will appear from the fact,
+that the brig was compelled to cut her cable and retire out of reach of
+our shot. Her anchor has since been taken up, with a number of fathoms
+of cable. No attack was afterwards made by the brig. This contest with
+the brig (called the <i>Dispatch</i>), continued on our part from the
+breast-work until the ammunition was expended. To this circumstance,
+unfortunately for the village and mortifying to those so gallantly
+engaged in the defence, may be attributed the principal injury sustained
+by the buildings. For two hours or more, she kept up a constant fire
+without having it in our power to return a shot: during which time, we
+are confident, had there been a supply of ammunition, she would have
+been taught the use and meaning of her name.</p>
+
+<p>The further particulars which transpired on Wednesday and Thursday,
+having been noticed by you, in<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[Pg 29]</a></span> the publication above referred to, very
+correctly, the public must be satisfied without any comments from us. In
+the publication of the transactions of Friday, we have discovered one
+error. Amidst the combined fire of the Ramilies, frigate and bomb-ship,
+Lieut. Lathrop and volunteers from the Norwich Artillery, in fact did
+proceed, to undertake in assisting to get off the cannon from the
+breast-work, but they met other brave lads who had accomplished this
+hazardous duty. The praise therefore of this performance, however they
+may have distinguished themselves in other duties, is not correctly
+bestowed.</p>
+
+<p>In passing the proceedings of Thursday and Friday, we would not overlook
+the singular communication received from Commodore Hardy, which preceded
+the fire on Thursday. Two subjects esteemed very important by Sir Thomas
+seem connected, Torpedoes and Mrs. Stewart,&mdash;a lady we presume worthy of
+the notice even of Commodore Hardy. But a demand made on those with
+whom, it was well known, no power existed to comply, is not a little
+extraordinary: besides, this communication is totally different from and
+unconnected with the one it was sent as an answer to. It would appear
+from reading the documents, that assurances were given that no torpedoes
+ever did, or ever should, go from this place. This was not the fact; no
+promises or confessions of any kind were ever made. To this singular
+letter no general reply was given; that part, only, [was] noticed,
+relative to Mrs. Stewart.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>The enemy left us on Friday, without having accomplished that
+destruction which they told us was to be effected. The damage done the
+buildings is estimated at about four thousand dollars. This would
+undoubtedly have been much greater, had not the volunteer vigilant
+firemen<a name="FNanchor_16" id="FNanchor_16"></a><a href="#Footnote_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a> from Capt. Potter's company before mentioned, and others,
+continued firm at their posts, determined that not a flame kindled by
+those fiery engines of the enemy but should be extinguished,&mdash;and it was
+done. This duty, perhaps, was as important and useful for the salvation
+of the village, as any performed during the conflict.</p>
+
+<p>The list of individuals given to the public as distinguishing themselves
+during the contest, we esteem very imperfect. To give a correct list of
+all those who did distinguish themselves in the various duties that were
+performed, is not easy to do; we shall therefore forbear. Having thought
+proper to bestow a just tribute of praise on the officers and soldiers
+of the 30th Regiment, who first arrived at the scene of action, it
+becomes us to express, also, the high sense which we entertain of the
+services and judicious and soldier-like conduct of Brigadier-General
+Isham, and the officers and soldiers of the 8th and 20th Regiments,
+assembled under his command.</p>
+
+<p>During this protracted bombardment, nothing more excites our
+astonishment and gratitude than this, that not a man was killed on our
+part. We understand from good authority, the enemy had a number killed
+and<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[Pg 31]</a></span> several badly wounded,<a name="FNanchor_17" id="FNanchor_17"></a><a href="#Footnote_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a> in this unprovoked attack upon us.</p>
+
+<p>We have made some estimate of the number of shells and fire carcasses
+thrown into the village, and we find there has been about three hundred.
+The amount of metal fired by the enemy will exceed, we think, fifty
+tons. About three or four tons of bombs, carcasses and shot have been
+collected.<a name="FNanchor_A_1" id="FNanchor_A_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_A_1" class="fnanchor">[A]</a></p>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="names2">
+<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">William Lord</span>,</td><td rowspan="2" align='left'><span class="bracket2">}</span></td><td rowspan="2"><i>Magistrates</i>.</td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Alex. G. Smith</span>,</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Joseph Smith</span>,</td><td align='left'></td><td><i>Warden</i>.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Amos Palmer</span>,</td><td rowspan="5" align='left'><span class="bracket5">}</span></td><td rowspan="5"><i>Burgesses</i>.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Amos Denison</span>,</td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Geo. Hubbard</span>,</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Thomas Ash</span>,</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Reuben Chesebrough</span>,</td></tr>
+</table><br /></div>
+
+<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTES:</h3>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_A_1" id="Footnote_A_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_A_1"><span class="label">[A]</span></a> "Some respectable citizens from motives of curiosity
+weighed several shells &amp;c., and found their weight to be as follows.
+</p>
+
+<div class='left'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="list3">
+<tr><td align='left'>One of the largest carcasses, </td><td align='left'>partly full of the combustible,</td><td>216</td><td>lb.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>One of the smallest sort</td><td align='left'>do.</td><td align='right'>103</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>One of the largest kind empty,</td><td></td><td align='right'>189</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>One of the largest bomb shells,</td><td></td><td align='right'>189</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>One of the smallest</td><td align='left'>do.</td><td align='right'>90</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>One, marked on it (fire 16 lb)</td><td></td><td align='right'>16</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<p>
+One of the largest carcasses partly full, was set on fire, which burnt
+half an hour, emitting a horrid stench; in a calm the flame would rise
+ten feet. Some of the rockets were sharp pointed, others not, made of
+sheet iron very thick, containing at the lower end some of them a fusee
+of grenade, calculated to burst, and if they were taken hold of before
+the explosion, might prove dangerous; one or two persons received injury
+in this way. They appear to contain a greater variety of combustibles
+than the fire carcasses.</p></div></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span><br /></p>
+
+<div class="center">
+<a name="amos" id="amos"><span class="smcap">Letter from Capt. Amos Palmer, to the Secretary of War.</span></a><br />
+<br />
+<h5>[From Niles's Weekly Register, Oct. 21, 1815.]</h5>
+<span class="smcap">Defence of Stonington.</span><br />
+</div>
+
+<p>The defence of Stonington by a handful of brave citizens was more like
+an effusion of feeling, warm from the heart, than a concerted military
+movement. The result of it, we all know, and it afforded sincere delight
+to every patriot. But the particulars we have never seen so accurately
+described as in the following concise narrative from the chairman of the
+committee of defence, to the Secretary of War, of which we have been
+provided with a copy for publication.&mdash;<i>Nat. Intelligencer.</i></p>
+
+<div class="blockquot">
+<p style="text-align: right">
+"Stonington Borough, Aug. 21, 1815.<br />
+To the Hon. Wm. H. Crawford,<br />
+Secretary of War.<br /></p>
+
+<p>
+<span class="smcap">Sir</span>:<br />
+</p>
+
+<p>The former Secretary of War put into my hands, as chairman of the
+committee of defence, the two 18-pounders and all the munitions of war
+that were here, belonging to the general government, to be used for the
+defence of the town,&mdash;and I gave my receipt for the same.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[Pg 33]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>As there is no military officer here, it becomes my duty to inform you
+[of] the use we have made of it. That on the 9th of August last [year],
+the <i>Ramilies</i> 74, the <i>Pactolus</i> 44, the <i>Terror</i> bomb-ship, and the
+<i>Despatch</i> gun brig, anchored off the harbor. Commodore Hardy sent off a
+boat, with a flag; we met him with another from the shore, when the
+officer of the flag handed me a note from Commodore Hardy, informing
+that one hour was given the unoffending inhabitants, before the town
+would be destroyed.</p>
+
+<p>We returned to the shore, where all the male inhabitants were collected,
+when I read the note aloud; they all exclaimed, they would defend the
+place to the last extremity, and if it was destroyed, they would be
+buried in the ruins.</p>
+
+<p>We repaired to a small battery that we had hove up&mdash;nailed our colors to
+the flag staff&mdash;others lined the shore with their muskets.</p>
+
+<p>At about seven in the evening, they put off five barges and a large
+launch, carrying from 32 to 9 lb. carronades in their bows, and opened
+their fire from their shipping, with bombs, carcasses, rockets, round,
+grape and cannister shot, and sent their boats to land under cover of
+their fire. We let them come within small grape distance, when we opened
+our fire upon them, from our two 18-pounders, with round and grape shot.
+They soon retreated out of grape distance, and attempted a landing on
+the east side of the village; we dragged a six-pounder that we had
+mounted over,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[Pg 34]</a></span> and met them with grape, and all our muskets opened fire
+on them, so that they were willing to retreat the second time. They
+continued their fire 'till 11 at night.</p>
+
+<p>The next morning at seven o'clock, the brig <i>Despatch</i> anchored within
+pistol shot of our battery, and they sent five barges and two large
+launches to land under cover of their whole fire (being joined by the
+<i>Nimrod</i> 20 gun brig). When the boats approached within grape distance,
+we opened our fire on them with round and grape shot. They retreated and
+came round the east side of the town. We checked them with our six
+pounder and muskets, 'till we dragged over one of our 18 pounders. We
+put in it a round shot and about 40 or 50 lbs. of grape, and placed it
+in the centre of their boats as they were rowing up in a line and firing
+on us. We tore one of their barges all in pieces; so that two, one on
+each side, had to lash her up, to keep her from sinking. They retreated
+out of grape distance, and we turned our fire upon the brig, and
+expended all our cartridges but five, which we reserved for the boats,
+if they made another attempt to land. We then lay four hours without
+being able to annoy the enemy in the least, except from muskets on the
+brig, while the fire from the whole fleet was directed against our
+buildings. After the third express to New London, some fixed ammunition
+arrived. We then turned our cannon on the brig, and she soon cut her
+cable and drifted out.</p>
+
+<p>The whole fleet then weighed, and anchored nearly<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[Pg 35]</a></span> out of reach of our
+shot, and continued this and the next day to bombard the town.</p>
+
+<p>They set the buildings on fire in more than twenty places, and we as
+often put them out. In the three days' bombardment they sent on shore 60
+tons of metal, and, strange to say, wounded only one man, since dead. We
+have picked up 15 tons, including some that was taken up out of the
+water, and the two anchors that we got.<a name="FNanchor_18" id="FNanchor_18"></a><a href="#Footnote_18" class="fnanchor">[18]</a> We took up and buried four
+poor fellows that were hove overboard out of the sinking barge.</p>
+
+<p>Since peace, the officers of the <i>Despatch</i> brig have been on shore
+here: they acknowledge they had 21 killed, and 50 badly wounded; and
+further say, had we continued our fire any longer, they should have
+struck, for they were in a sinking condition: for the wind then blew at
+S. W. directly into the harbour. Before the ammunition arrived, it
+shifted round to north, and blew out of the harbour. All the shot
+suitable for the cannon we have reserved. We have now more 18 pound shot
+than was sent us by government. We have put the two cannon in the
+arsenal, and housed all the munitions of war."<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[Pg 36]</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<hr style='width: 50%;' />
+
+<p class="center"><a name="root" id="root"><span class="smcap">Extract from the Speech of Gen. Erastus Root, of New York</span></a>,</p>
+
+<p>In the House of Representatives, on the Bill to provide for the payment
+of Militia called out by State authority, and not placed under the
+command of the United States.</p>
+
+<p>[After animadverting with great severity on the affair at Pettipaug
+point,<a name="FNanchor_19" id="FNanchor_19"></a><a href="#Footnote_19" class="fnanchor">[19]</a> and the course pursued by Governor Smith, of Connecticut, for
+the defence of New London]&mdash;</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot">
+<p>"There was <i>one</i> achievement, said Mr. R., which brightened the annals
+of Connecticut and shed lustre on the American character. He alluded to
+the <i>Defence of Stonington</i>. A more brilliant affair, said he, had not
+taken place during the late war. It was not rivalled by the defence of
+Sandusky, the glorious triumph on the Niagara, nor the naval victories
+on Erie and Champlain. And yet that heroic exploit is claimed in favor
+of Governor Smith's militia, and is to gild the pill which we are called
+upon to swallow. The detached militia, said Mr. R., had nothing to do in
+that affair. It was achieved by fourteen democrats, <i>volunteer</i>
+democrats, who were determined to defend the town or perish in its
+ruins. Commodore Hardy, fearful that that democratic town would send
+torpedoes among his squadron, demanded a pledge that no harm should be
+done to his ships. No pledge being given, and after<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[Pg 37]</a></span> advising the
+removal of women and children from the town, the enemy made a vigorous
+attack, first in barges, and afterwards in a brig of war. This heroic
+little band, with a single gun mounted on a small battery, drove off the
+brig as they had before driven off the barges. They sent havoc and death
+among the enemy,&mdash;saved the town,&mdash;and crowned themselves with never
+fading laurels."&mdash;<i>The (Hartford) Times, March 18, 1817.</i></p></div>
+
+<hr style='width: 50%;' />
+
+
+<p class="center"><a name="freneau" id="freneau"><span class="smcap">The Battle of Stonington, on the Seaboard of Connecticut.</span></a></p>
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap">by philip freneau.</span></p>
+
+<p><i>In an attack upon the town and a small fort of two guns, by the</i>
+<span class="smcap">Ramillies</span><i>, seventy-four gun ship, commanded by Sir Thomas Hardy; the</i>
+<span class="smcap">Pactolus</span>, 38<i> gun ship; </i><span class="smcap">Despatch</span><i> brig, and a razee, or bomb
+ship,&mdash;August, 1814.</i></p>
+
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">Four gallant ships from England came<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">Freighted deep with fire and flame,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">And other things we need not name,<br /></span>
+<span class="i6">To have a dash at Stonington.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">Now safely moor'd, their work begun,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">They thought to make the Yankees run,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">And have a mighty deal of fun<br /></span>
+<span class="i6">In stealing sheep at Stonington.<br /></span>
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[Pg 38]</a></span></div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">A deacon then popp'd up his head,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">And Parson Jones's sermon read,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">In which the reverend doctor said<br /></span>
+<span class="i6">That they must fight for Stonington.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">A townsman bade them, next, attend<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">To sundry resolutions penn'd,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">By which they promised to defend<br /></span>
+<span class="i6">With sword and gun old Stonington.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">The ships advancing different ways,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">The Britons soon began to blaze,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">And put th' old women in amaze,<br /></span>
+<span class="i6">Who feared the loss of Stonington.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">The Yankees to their fort repair'd,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">And made as though they little cared<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">For all that came&mdash;though very hard<br /></span>
+<span class="i6">The cannon play'd on Stonington.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">The <i>Ramillies</i> began the attack,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0"><i>Despatch</i> came forward&mdash;bold and black&mdash;<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">And none can tell what kept them back<br /></span>
+<span class="i6">From setting fire to Stonington.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">The bombardiers with bomb and ball<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">Soon made a farmer's barrack fall,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">And did a cow-house sadly maul<br /></span>
+<span class="i6">That stood a mile from Stonington.<br /></span>
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[Pg 39]</a></span></div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">They kill'd a goose, they kill'd a hen,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">Three hogs they wounded in a pen&mdash;<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">They dash'd away,&mdash;and pray what then?<br /></span>
+<span class="i6"><i>This</i> was not taking Stonington.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">The shells were thrown, the rockets flew,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">But not a shell, of all they threw,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">Though every house was full in view,<br /></span>
+<span class="i6">Could burn a house at Stonington.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">To have <i>their</i> turn, they thought but fair;&mdash;<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">The Yankees brought two guns to bear,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">And, sir, it would have made you stare,<br /></span>
+<span class="i6">This smoke of smokes at Stonington.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">They bor'd <i>Pactolus</i> through and through,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">And kill'd and wounded of her crew<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">So many, that she bade adieu<br /></span>
+<span class="i5">T' the gallant boys of Stonington.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">The brig <i>Despatch</i> was hull'd and torn&mdash;<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">So crippled, riddled, so forlorn&mdash;<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">No more she cast an eye of scorn<br /></span>
+<span class="i6">On the little fort at Stonington.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">The <i>Ramillies</i> gave up th' affray,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">And, with her comrades sneaked away.<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">Such was the valor on that day,<br /></span>
+<span class="i6">Of British tars, near Stonington.<br /></span>
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[Pg 40]</a></span></div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">But some assert, on certain grounds,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">(Besides the damage and the wounds,)<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">It cost the King ten thousand pounds<br /></span>
+<span class="i6">To have a dash at Stonington.<br /></span>
+</div></div>
+
+<p>[Few of Freneau's earlier and <i>better</i> poems were so popular as this of
+"The Battle of Stonington," in its day. All Connecticut boys knew it by
+heart, and it had an established place among the 'declamations' of
+school exhibitions. Until within a few years it was to be found in the
+assortment of every street vender of ballads and patriotic
+poems,&mdash;sometimes in its original form, but more often, with
+'emendations and corrections.' In the broad-side from which I first
+learned it (bought at a stall in the neighborhood of Fulton market, some
+thirty years ago,) for the twelfth and thirteenth verses was substituted
+this:&mdash;</p>
+
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">"They bored the <i>Despatch</i> through and through,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">And kill'd and wounded half her crew;<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">'Till crippled, riddled, she withdrew,&mdash;<br /></span>
+<span class="i6">And curs'd the boys of Stonington."]<br /></span>
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[Pg 41]</a></span></div></div>
+
+
+<hr style='width: 50%;' />
+
+<p class="center"><a name="celebrations" id="celebrations"><span class="smcap">Celebrations of the Anniversary of the Attack.</span></a></p>
+
+<p class="center">1815.</p>
+
+<p>Thursday, Aug. 10th, the first anniversary of the battle, was observed
+as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. The old flag was again hoisted on
+the flag-staff at the battery: and a procession, formed at that place,
+marched to the Congregational meeting-house, to listen to a discourse by
+the pastor, Rev. Ira Hart. On its conclusion, the procession returned to
+the battery, where the exercises of the day were closed by prayer. "On
+Friday evening a grand anniversary ball was given; the assembly being
+both numerous and brilliant."&mdash;<i>Conn. Gazette, Aug. 23d.</i></p>
+
+<p class="center">1818.</p>
+
+<p>Celebration at the Borough, on Monday, Aug. 10th. "The company was very
+numerous, and the business of the day went off with great eclat."&mdash;<i>Id.
+Aug. 12th, 1818.</i></p>
+
+<p class="center">1824.</p>
+
+<p>An Oration was delivered at the Congregational meeting-house, by Rev.
+David Austin, "characteristic of his talents, patriotism, and
+eloquence." The concourse of citizens from Stonington and the
+neighboring towns was unusually large and respectable. An excellent
+dinner was provided by Major Babcock, at the Borough Hotel, to which a
+large number of citizens<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[Pg 42]</a></span> and invited guests did ample justice. The
+following were among the volunteer toasts:</p>
+
+<p>By Capt. Edmund Fanning. <i>The Grasshopper Fort</i><a name="FNanchor_B_2" id="FNanchor_B_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_B_2" class="fnanchor">[B]</a>&mdash;may it never be
+forgotten by those whom it defended.</p>
+
+<p>By Samuel Copp, Esq. <i>American Eighteen-pounders</i>&mdash;as handled in the
+Grasshopper Fort.</p>
+
+<p>By Gen. J. Isham. <i>August 10th, 1814</i>&mdash;May no vile calumniator hereafter
+attempt to tarnish the hard earned fame of the heroes of that day.</p>
+
+<p>By Gurdon Trumbull, Esq. <i>John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson</i>&mdash;Their
+elevation to the first offices of our government, will demonstrate that
+sovereignty is yet with the <i>people</i>, and guarantee the defence of our
+national rights, whether assailed by the <i>pen</i> or the <i>sword</i>.</p>
+
+<p>By Dr. Swift. <i>Capt. Amos Palmer</i>&mdash;His memory; his energy and
+perseverance.</p>
+
+<p>By W. Storer Jun. <i>Gen. La Fayette</i><a name="FNanchor_C_3" id="FNanchor_C_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_C_3" class="fnanchor">[C]</a>&mdash;Whom God doth bless, we will
+honor.</p>
+
+<p>By Jesse Dean, esq. <i>Major Simeon Smith</i>&mdash;Who made cartridges of his
+stockings, for our defence, on the day we celebrate.&mdash;<i>New London
+Gazette, Aug. 18th.</i></p>
+
+<p class="center">1826.</p>
+
+<p>The installation of Benevolent Chapter of Royal Arch Masons took place
+at Stonington, on the anniversary of the attack. The revenue cutters
+Eagle, from<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[Pg 43]</a></span> New Haven, the Newport cutter, and the steamboat
+Long-branch (Capt. Mather), from New London, brought numerous masonic
+and other guests,&mdash;military companies,&mdash;and a band of music. A
+procession of some three hundred brethren and companions was formed, by
+order of Doct. Thomas Hubbard, M. E. G. H. P., under the direction of
+Companions Gen. W. Williams, Samuel F. Denison, and others, as marshals.
+The procession marched to the site of the battery, where a spacious tent
+had been erected, with seats for 2500 persons,&mdash;and listened to a prayer
+from the Gr. Chaplain, Rev. Seth B. Paddock, and an Oration by Asa
+Child, Esq.; after which the new chapter was dedicated in ample form,
+and the several officers duly installed. A grand dinner closed the
+exercises of the day.&mdash;<i>N. L. Gazette, Aug. 16th.</i></p>
+
+<p class="center">1827.</p>
+
+<p>A grand celebration, on the battle ground, where a large tent had been
+erected. Among the guests were his Excellency Governor Tomlinson and his
+staff. The procession formed early in the morning, and marched through
+the principal streets, escorted by the Stonington artillery and Norwich
+rifle companies, to the tent,&mdash;where an address was delivered by Gurdon
+Trumbull, Esq.: after which, the procession re-formed, and proceeded to
+the dinner table (spread in Mr. Faxon's rope walk, under the supervision
+of Major Paul Babcock). Samuel F. Denison, Esq., presided at the table,
+assisted<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[Pg 44]</a></span> by Major General Wm. Williams, George Hubbard and B. F.
+Babcock, Esquires. A long account of the celebration, with the toasts
+drank at the dinner, &amp;c.&mdash;is given in the <i>New London Gazette</i>, of
+August 15th.</p>
+
+<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTES:</h3>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_B_2" id="Footnote_B_2"></a><a href="#FNanchor_B_2"><span class="label">[B]</span></a> "Alluding to a term used by the Rev. Orator of the day."</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_C_3" id="Footnote_C_3"></a><a href="#FNanchor_C_3"><span class="label">[C]</span></a> Gen. La Fayette's arrival at New York was daily expected.
+He landed at Castle Garden, Aug. 16th.</p></div>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[Pg 46]</a></span><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[Pg 45]</a></span><br /><br /></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;">
+<img src="images/i005aresize.jpg" width="600" height="106" alt="" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<h2><a name="notes" id="notes">NOTES.</a></h2>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_1" id="Footnote_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1"><span class="label">Note 1</span></a></span>, page 9.</p>
+
+<p>Stonington Borough, incorporated by the Legislature [of Connecticut,] in
+1801, is situated on a narrow point of land about half a mile in length,
+at the eastern extremity of Long Island sound. On its eastern side lies
+Paucatuck bay, and on its west the harbour, terminating in Lambert's
+Cove. It has four [two] principal streets running north and south,
+intersected at right angles by nine cross streets, and contains about
+one hundred and twenty dwelling houses and stores. It has also two
+houses for public worship, an academy, where the languages are taught,
+and two common schools; two rope-walks, commodious wharves, and ware
+houses for storage.... In the census of 1810, the <i>town</i> contained 3043
+inhabitants, and there are now [1819], 335 qualified electors.&mdash;<i>Pease &amp;
+Niles's Gazetteer of Connecticut.</i></p>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_2" id="Footnote_2"></a><a href="#FNanchor_2"><span class="label">Note 2</span></a></span>, page 9.</p>
+
+<p>Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Bart.&mdash;afterwards Vice-Admiral, and G. C.
+B.,&mdash;was at this time not far from thirty-five years of age. He entered
+the British navy, as a midshipman, at twelve; and was promoted to the
+rank of commander in 1797, for distinguished gallantry in the capture of
+a French brig, under the walls of Vera Cruz. He commanded the <i>Mutine</i>
+brig, in the battle of the Nile,&mdash;became the favorite of Nelson, and was
+appointed to the command of his flag-ship, serving with him,
+successively, in the <i>Vanguard</i>, the <i>Namur</i>, the <i>St. George</i>, (at the
+battle of Copenhagen), the <i>Iris</i> and <i>Amphitrion</i>, and the<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[Pg 47]</a></span> <i>Victory</i>,
+on board which Nelson conquered and fell at Trafalgar. Capt. Hardy was
+created a baronet, in February, 1806; from which period, until 1824, he
+was almost constantly on active duty in the West Indies and on American
+stations. He was made a knight commander of the Bath, Jan. 1815, and
+knight grand cross, in 1831. In October, 1827, he retired from the
+service; was appointed a lord of the admiralty in 1830; and governor of
+Greenwich Hospital, in 1834, retaining that office until his death,
+Sept. 20th, 1839.&mdash;<i>Annual Register</i>, vol. <span class="smcap">lxxxi</span>, p. 363. <i>Dispatches &amp;
+Letters of Nelson.</i></p>
+
+<p>[Col. Green gave the <i>substance</i> of this note, from memory. A correct
+copy of it was published with the official account, in the <i>Gazette</i> of
+Sept. 7th. Commodore Hardy wrote from on board the <i>Pactolus</i>,&mdash;his own
+ship, the <i>Ramilies</i>, then lying at anchor off the west end of Fisher's
+Island.]</p>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_3" id="Footnote_3"></a><a href="#FNanchor_3"><span class="label">Note 3</span></a></span>, page 10.</p>
+
+<p>Capt. Amos Palmer, and Dr. Wm. Lord. The former was the senior warden of
+the Borough, and chairman of the committee of citizens who had been
+entrusted, some months previously, with the preparations for defence.
+"He was distinguished for his integrity, his republican principles, and
+his patriotism."&mdash;<i>Pease &amp; Niles's Gazetteer, 1819.</i> Capt. Palmer's own
+account of the attack (in a letter to the Secretary of War,) will be
+found on pages 33-36. He died at Stonington, March 1, 1816, &aelig;t. 69.</p>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_4" id="Footnote_4"></a><a href="#FNanchor_4"><span class="label">Note 4</span></a></span>, page 10.</p>
+
+<p>Brigadier-General Thomas H. Cushing, who commanded at New London. After
+the ratification of peace, in 1815, General Cushing received the
+appointment of collector of the port of New London, and retained the
+office till his death, Oct. 19th, 1822, &aelig;t. 67.&mdash;<i>Hist. of New London</i>,
+p. 649.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[Pg 48]</a></span></p>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_5" id="Footnote_5"></a><a href="#FNanchor_5"><span class="label">Note 5</span></a></span>, page 12.</p>
+
+<p>An account of the "Bombardment of Stonington" [by the Rev. Frederick
+Denison] printed in the <i>Mystic Pioneer</i> of July 2d, 1859, contains many
+interesting particulars, "gathered from the lips of prominent actors in
+the battle." This account says, "The first men, so far as remembered,
+that took stations in the battery, were four, William Lord, Asa Lee,
+George Fellows, and Amos Denison. Just before six o'clock, six
+volunteers from Mystic, Jeremiah Holmes, Jeremiah Haley, Ebenezer
+Denison, Isaac Denison, and Nathaniel Clift, reached the place, on foot,
+and ran immediately to help to operate the gun in the battery."...</p>
+
+<p>... "The battery being small, but few men could work in it, and at this
+time [later in the morning of the 10th,] it was operated, as nearly as
+remembered, by Jeremiah Holmes, Simeon Haley, Jeremiah Haley, Isaac
+Denison, Isaac Miner, George Fellows, and Asa Lee." This list is not
+<i>complete</i>, but is doubtless correct so far as it relates to the
+<i>Mystic</i> volunteers.</p>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_6" id="Footnote_6"></a><a href="#FNanchor_6"><span class="label">Note 6</span></a></span>, page 12.</p>
+
+<p>The wound proved mortal. Mr. Denison died November 1st, 1814. He was the
+fourth son of Isaac and Eunice [Williams] Denison, of Mystic, born Dec.
+27th, 1795. On the morning of the attack, Frederick,&mdash;a youth not yet
+nineteen years old,&mdash;hastened, on foot, to the Borough, to join the
+little band of volunteers, with whom were already his two elder
+brothers, Ebenezer and Isaac, and his brothers-in-law, Capt. Jer. Holmes
+and Capt. Nath. Clift. He went immediately to the battery, where he
+helped to work the guns, and during the heat of the action, when the
+match-rope proved unserviceable, volunteered to go out to procure a new
+supply. While on this dangerous errand, he was struck by a shot from the
+brig, or, as other accounts say, by a fragment scaled from a rock by a
+passing ball. The wound was not considered dangerous, and if surgical
+aid could have been promptly obtained, Mr. Denison's life might have
+been spared.</p>
+
+<p>In May, 1856, the Legislature of Connecticut made an appropriation<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[Pg 49]</a></span> for
+a suitable monument to his memory, which was erected in Elm Grove
+Cemetery, at Mystic.&mdash;F. D. [<i>Rev. Fred. Denison</i>,] in <i>Mystic Pioneer</i>,
+Aug. 27th, 1859.</p>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_7" id="Footnote_7"></a><a href="#FNanchor_7"><span class="label">Note 7</span></a></span>, page 13.</p>
+
+<p>"The colors on the flag staff were shot through nine times. A fence near
+by was pierced by <i>sixty-three</i> balls."&mdash;<i>Mystic Pioneer.</i> The flag has
+been carefully preserved, and was in the keeping of Francis Amy,
+Esq.,&mdash;orderly sergeant of Capt. Potter's Company, at the time of the
+attack,&mdash;until his death in 1863. Its future preservation should be
+insured by depositing it with the Connecticut History Society.</p>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_8" id="Footnote_8"></a><a href="#FNanchor_8"><span class="label">Note 8</span></a></span>, page 13.</p>
+
+<p>Jirah Isham, Esq., commanding the 3d Brigade of the State Militia,&mdash;in
+the 3d Division, (William Williams, Esq., Major General.)</p>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_9" id="Footnote_9"></a><a href="#FNanchor_9"><span class="label">Note 9</span></a></span>, page 15.</p>
+
+<p>"On Sunday [Aug. 7] a flag came up [to New London] from the frigate
+<i>Forth</i>, Com. Hotham. The object was to obtain permission for James
+Stewart, Esq., formerly consul here, to take off his family. Mr. Stewart
+was on board. General Cushing, we understand, replied that the request
+would be forwarded to Washington."&mdash;<i>Conn. Gazette</i>, Aug. 10th.</p>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_10" id="Footnote_10"></a><a href="#FNanchor_10"><span class="label">Note 10</span></a></span>, page 17.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Gurdon Trumbull was the bearer of this flag, and was accompanied by
+Dr. Wm. Lord. The boat was rowed to the <i>Ramillies</i> by Noyes Brown and
+Jabez Holmes. Gen. Isham's explanation of the firing on Lieut. Claxton,
+under a flag of truce, had not been received by Com. Hardy when the boat
+with this letter from the civil authority<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[Pg 50]</a></span> came along side. The bearer
+of the letter was met, at the head of the gang-ladder by a lieutenant,
+and informed that the Commodore was much incensed at the insult offered
+to the flag, and would not receive any communication from the shore
+until it should be explained. Mr. Trumbull replied that he came as a
+messenger from the <i>civil</i> and not the <i>military</i> authorities, and was
+not instructed to offer any explanation: but, as an eye-witness of the
+transaction, he would state the circumstances, as they occurred. The
+lieutenant reported these to the Commodore, and returned with a message
+that the latter was "perfectly satisfied;" that the defenders of the
+place were fully authorized to prevent the nearer approach of the
+flag-boat; and that his officer [Lieut. Claxton] was in the wrong. Mr.
+Trumbull was then conducted to the cabin, where he found the Commodore,
+in consultation with all the other commanders of the squadron, and
+delivered the letter from the Borough authorities.</p>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_11" id="Footnote_11"></a><a href="#FNanchor_11"><span class="label">Note 11</span></a></span>, page 18.</p>
+
+<p>This is not exactly correct. He said nothing of Mrs. Stewart; but, after
+reading the letter, remarked, "I learn from this, Sir, that I am under
+the necessity of resuming hostilities,&mdash;which I shall do, at one
+o'clock."</p>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_12" id="Footnote_12"></a><a href="#FNanchor_12"><span class="label">Note 12</span></a></span>, page 18.</p>
+
+<p>Lieut. John Lathrop, of the Norwich Artillery or "Matross Company"
+(Capt. Charles Thomas). It will be seen, by the narrative of the
+magistrates, that Lieut. Lathrop was anticipated in the execution of
+this service, by a party of volunteers.</p>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_13" id="Footnote_13"></a><a href="#FNanchor_13"><span class="label">Note 13</span></a></span>, page 19.</p>
+
+<p>Lieut. Samuel L. Hough, of Canterbury, Lieutenant of the L. Infantry
+Company (Capt. James Aspinwall), detached from the 21st re<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[Pg 51]</a></span>giment of
+militia,&mdash;in the service of the U. States. Lieut. Hough's wound was not
+serious. He is still living (June, 1864),&mdash;and in receipt of a pension
+from the U. States.</p>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_14" id="Footnote_14"></a><a href="#FNanchor_14"><span class="label">Note 14</span></a></span>, page 24.</p>
+
+<p>This account was written by Alex. G. Smith, Esq.</p>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_15" id="Footnote_15"></a><a href="#FNanchor_15"><span class="label">Note 15</span></a></span>, page 26.</p>
+
+<p>Col. Wm. Randall, of Stonington, commanding the 30th Regiment of State
+Militia.</p>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_16" id="Footnote_16"></a><a href="#FNanchor_16"><span class="label">Note 16</span></a></span>, page 31.</p>
+
+<p>Too much praise can hardly be awarded to the volunteer firemen, who,
+during the whole of the engagement, continued to patrol the streets,
+watching the fall of every rocket and shell, and extinguishing fires as
+soon as lighted. Two of this band may be named without injustice to
+others, as having rendered efficient and constant service,&mdash;Capt.
+<span class="smcap">Charles H. Smith</span> and <span class="smcap">Francis Amy</span>, Esq., both serjeants in Capt. Potter's
+company. Capt. <span class="smcap">Thomas Swan</span> was not less active or persevering. He
+remained in the Borough, (except for an hour's visit to his family,
+placed in safety at a farm house, a mile distant,) from the beginning of
+the attack till the departure of the ships; serving, as necessity
+required, with the volunteer firemen, and with the guard stationed on
+the east side of the Point to prevent a landing of the enemy from their
+boats.</p>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_17" id="Footnote_17"></a><a href="#FNanchor_17"><span class="label">Note 17</span></a></span>, page 32.</p>
+
+<p>See Capt. Palmer's letter to the Secretary of War, next following.</p>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_18" id="Footnote_18"></a><a href="#FNanchor_18"><span class="label">Note 18</span></a></span>, page 36.</p>
+
+<p>The anchor left by the <i>Dispatch</i> brig, at Stonington, when she 'cut and
+run,' has been got up and brought to New London. It weighs upwards of 20
+<i>cwt.</i>&mdash;<i>Niles's Weekly Register, Sept. 10, 1814.</i><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[Pg 52]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>"Mr. Chalmers, late master of the <i>Terror</i>, bomb-vessel, employed in the
+attack on Stonington, has been captured in a British barge and sent to
+Providence. He says 170 bombs were discharged from that ship in the
+attack on Stonington, which were found to weigh 80 lb. each; the charge
+of powder for the mortar was 9 lbs.; adding to this the wadding, that
+vessel must have disgorged eight tons weight."&mdash;<i>Ibid.</i></p>
+
+<hr style="width: 50%;" />
+
+<p>"The following appears in a New York paper, in the shape of an
+advertisement:</p>
+
+<p class="center"><i>English Manufacture, and Memento of the "Magnanimity" of Commodore
+Hardy.</i></p>
+
+<p>Just received, and offered for sale, about</p>
+
+<p class="center">THREE TONS OF ROUND SHOT,</p>
+
+<p>consisting of 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, and 32 lbs., very handsome, being a
+<i>small</i> proportion of those which were fired from his Britannic
+Majesty's ships, on the unoffending inhabitants of Stonington, in the
+recent <i>brilliant</i> attack on that place.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Likewise</span>, a few <i>Carcasses</i>, in good order, weighing about 200 lbs.
+each.</p>
+
+<p class="center">Apply to S. TRUMBULL, 41 <i>Peck-slip</i>.</p>
+
+<p>N. B. The purchaser of the above can be supplied with about <i>two tons
+more</i>, if required.</p>
+
+<p>
+New York, November 19th, [1814.]"<br /></p>
+
+<p style="text-align: right"><i>Niles's Weekly Register, Dec. 3d, 1815.</i><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 50%;' />
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Industry.</span>&mdash;Many of our readers will recollect the anecdote of the
+thrifty American who asked Commodore <i>Hardy</i>, when he would attack
+<i>Stonington</i> again? so that he might have his cart ready to carry off
+the shot; and also the accounts we have had of the mighty mass of metal
+collected there and sold at New York, &amp;c. It seems, however, that the
+<i>iron mine</i> is not yet exhausted, for certain persons with a diving
+machine<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[Pg 53]</a></span> have raised no less than 11,209 lbs. of shot, which was thrown
+overboard from the <i>Pactolus</i>, when she was in such a hurry to get away
+from the two guns of Stonington! They have also picked up a quantity of
+copper.&mdash;Niles's <i>Weekly Register, June 3, 1815.</i></p>
+
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap"><a name="Footnote_19" id="Footnote_19"></a><a href="#FNanchor_19"><span class="label">Note 19</span></a></span>, page 38.</p>
+
+<p>Capt. Coote, of H. B. M. brig <i>Borer</i>, landed two hundred men at
+Pettipaug, (Saybrook,) in barges and launches, on the 8th of April,
+1814, and destroyed upwards of twenty sail of vessels, without meeting
+any opposition (until after they had re-embarked,) and without the loss
+of a man.&mdash;<i>Conn. Gazette, April 13, 1814.</i><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[Pg 54]</a></span><br /><br />
+<br /></p>
+
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;">
+<img src="images/i005aresize.jpg" width="600" height="106" alt="" title="" />
+</div>
+
+
+<h2><a name="Letters_of_Commodore_Hardy" id="Letters_of_Commodore_Hardy"></a><span class="smcap">Letters of Commodore Hardy.</span></h2>
+
+
+<p>Since the foregoing pages were printed, my friend Professor D. C.
+Gilman, has brought to my notice the original letters of Commodore
+Hardy, to the inhabitants of Stonington and to General Isham, which are
+now in the Library of Yale College. The first (of August 9th) was copied
+with sufficient accuracy in the account published by the magistrates,
+warden and burgesses (page 25), I reprint it here, but with a facsimile
+of the signature.</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot">
+<p style="text-align: right">
+<i>His Britannic Majesty's Ship</i>,<br />
+<span class="smcap">Pactolus</span>, <i>9th August, 1814.<br />
+&frac12; past 5 o'clock, P. M.</i><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>Not wishing to destroy the unoffending Inhabitants residing in the Town
+of Stonington, one hour is granted them from the receipt of this to
+remove out of the town.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;">
+<img src="images/i055bresize.jpg" width="600" height="185" alt="" title="signature" />
+</div>
+
+<p><i>To the Inhabitants of the Town of Stonington.</i></p></div>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[Pg 55]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>The second, is in reply to the letter from the magistrates which was
+sent on board the <i>Ramillies</i>, by Col. Isaac Williams and Dr. William
+Lord, on Wednesday, the 10th. As "official etiquette" did net permit
+Col. Green to obtain "an exact copy," he could only print its substance
+"as far as memory served" (see page 14). The magistrates allude to it,
+in their published account (p. 30), as "the singular communication
+received from Commodore Hardy, which preceded the fire on Thursday." It
+is evident that the British commander was strangely in error as to the
+assurances and engagements which he professed to have received, or that
+the gentlemen entrusted with the delivery of the letter from the
+magistrates must, in their conference with the Commodore, have exceeded
+their instructions.</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot">
+<p style="text-align: right">
+<i>Ramillies, off Stonington,<br />
+10th August, 1814.</i><br />
+<span class="smcap">Gent<sup>n</sup></span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>I have received your letter and representation of the State of your
+Town, and as you have declared that Torpedoes, never have been harbored
+by the Inhabitants or ever will be, as far as lies in their power to
+prevent&mdash;and as you have engaged that Mrs. Stewart the wife of the
+British vice consul late resident at New London, with her family, shall
+be permitted to embark on board this Ship to-morrow morning, I am
+induced to wave the attempt of the total destruction of your Town, which
+I feel confident can be effected by the Squadron under my Orders.</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 30em;">I am<br /></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 32em;">Gent<sup>n</sup><br /></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;">Your most obedient servant,<br /></span>
+<span style="margin-left: 36em;"><span class="smcap">T. M. Hardy</span>, Captain.<br /></span>
+<br /></p>
+
+<p><i>To Doctor</i> <span class="smcap">Law</span> [<i>Lord</i>] <i>and Colonel</i> Williams,<br /></p>
+<p style="text-align: right"><i>Stonington</i>.<br /></p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[Pg 56]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>In reprinting the response of the civil authorities of Stonington, to
+the foregoing letter, on page 17, <i>ante</i>, an error in the date should
+have been corrected. It was written and despatched on the <i>eleventh</i> of
+August.</p>
+
+<p>The following note acknowledges the explanation sent by General Isham,
+of the circumstances under which a flag of truce from the <i>Ramillies</i>,
+was fired upon by a sentinel at the Battery, on the morning of the 11th
+(see pages 16, 17, and note 10).</p>
+
+
+<div class="blockquot">
+<p style="text-align: right">
+<i>Ramillies, off Stonington</i>,<br />
+11<i>th August</i>, 1814.<br />
+</p>
+
+<p>Sir,</p>
+
+<p>I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, apologizing
+for the Flag of Truce I sent on shore this morning, having been fired
+at; and I beg to assure you that under the Circumstances you have
+stated, the apology is perfectly satisfactory.</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 30em;">I have the honor to be, Sir,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 32em;">Your most obedient</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;">humble Servant,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 36em;"><span class="smcap">T. M. Hardy</span>, Captain.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p><i>To Brigadier</i> <span class="smcap">Isham</span>&mdash;<i>Commanding at Stonington</i>.</p>
+</div>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<pre>
+
+
+
+
+
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Defence of Stonington (Connecticut)
+Against a British Squadron, August 9th to 12th, 1814, by J. Hammond Trumbull
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or
+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
+with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
+
+
+Title: The Defence of Stonington (Connecticut) Against a British Squadron, August 9th to 12th, 1814
+
+Author: J. Hammond Trumbull
+
+Release Date: October 18, 2008 [EBook #26946]
+
+Language: English
+
+Character set encoding: ASCII
+
+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DEFENCE OF STONINGTON ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by Jane Hyland and the Online Distributed
+Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
+produced from images generously made available by The
+Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+THE
+
+Defence of Stonington
+
+(CONNECTICUT)
+
+AGAINST A BRITISH SQUADRON,
+
+AUGUST 9TH TO 12TH, 1814.
+
+
+"Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona."
+
+
+
+
+HARTFORD: 1864.
+
+
+
+
+ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE COPIES PRINTED.
+
+FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION.
+
+
+[Transcriber's Note: the various spellings of Ramilies have been retained
+in the text. Similarly, some opening quotes are not always matched with
+closing quotes.]
+
+
+CONTENTS.
+
+
+INTRODUCTORY NOTE,                                            page v
+
+RECORD OF THE EXTRAORDINARY ATTACK ON STONINGTON,                  9
+
+NAMES OF VOLUNTEERS, FROM THE CONNECTICUT GAZETTE,                20
+
+MUSTER-ROLL OF CAPT. WM. POTTER'S COMPANY,                        22
+
+ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK, PUBLISHED BY THE BOROUGH AUTHORITIES,      24
+
+LETTER FROM CAPT. AMOS PALMER TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR,            33
+
+EXTRACT FROM GEN. ROOT'S SPEECH IN CONGRESS, 1817,                37
+
+THE BATTLE OF STONINGTON, BY PHILIP FRENEAU,                      38
+
+CELEBRATIONS OF THE ANNIVERSARY,                                  42
+
+NOTES,                                                            47
+
+
+
+
+INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
+
+
+The repulse of a British squadron, at Stonington, by a few undisciplined
+volunteers, having only two effective guns, imperfectly protected by a
+low earth-work,--and this repulse accomplished without the loss of a
+single life,--was not the least glorious achievement of the War of
+1812-14. The fiftieth anniversary of the action is close at hand. Few
+who witnessed,--only three or four who participated in it, survive. In
+this day of great events, when armies and navies are gathered on a scale
+of magnitude of which our fathers never dreamed,--when from the heights
+of modern science, we look back to the guns and the ships of war of the
+last generation, as to the toys of childhood,--when we are in the very
+crisis of a war greater in itself, and waged for a grander issue, than
+the world has hitherto witnessed,--it is not surprising that so few find
+leisure or inclination to look from the present to the past, or to
+recall to memory the heroism of their fathers.
+
+Yet there are some for whom the story of _The Attack_ has not yet lost
+its interest. They learned it in childhood, from the lips of those who
+shared the perils and the glory of the action. They grew up, amid
+associations which could hardly fail to kindle an honest pride in their
+birth-place. To them, the "Tenth of August" was not merely a
+school-holiday, but an anniversary entitled to equal honors with
+Independence Day itself. They have helped draw the "old Eighteens,"
+through the streets of the Borough, in solemn procession to the site of
+the demolished Battery. They have seen the cherished Flag--pierced and
+torn in a dozen places by the enemy's shot,--float again from the
+flag-staff, in honor of the day: and some of them were standing by when
+"Old Hickory" bared his head to salute it, and bade the citizens
+preserve, with all care, this precious memorial of the courage and
+patriotism of their townsmen.
+
+It is for these--the companions of my own school-days,--and in honor of
+the volunteers of 1814, that I have reproduced some of the contemporary
+accounts of the attack and defence of Stonington. The first (pp. 9-20)
+was written by Col. Samuel Green, the publisher of the _Connecticut
+Gazette_, who visited the Borough during the action, and obtained his
+knowledge of facts of which he was not an eye-witness, from the actors
+themselves and from official sources. This account, printed in the
+_Gazette_, of August 17th, was copied into many of the newspapers in the
+northern states, and appeared in Niles's _Weekly Register_, November
+5th, with some additional particulars.
+
+Following this, are copies of the muster-roll of the Borough company of
+militia; the official account furnished for publication by the
+magistrates, warden and burgesses (pp. 24-32); and a letter from Capt.
+Amos Palmer, chairman of the citizens' committee of defence, to Mr.
+Crawford, secretary of war, containing a concise narrative of the
+action. Philip Freneau's _Battle of Stonington_,--though not of the
+highest order of lyric excellence,--challenges favorable comparison with
+many of the loyal effusions which have found their way to the public,
+during the present war; and will be welcomed as an old friend by some
+who value patriotism more than poetry.                           T.
+
+   _Hartford, Conn., July 28th, 1864._
+
+
+
+
+THE DEFENCE OF STONINGTON.
+
+
+[From the Conn. Gazette, Aug. 17th, 1814.]
+
+RECORD OF THE EXTRAORDINARY ATTACK ON STONINGTON.[1]
+
+
+                                        NEW LONDON, AUGUST 17, 1814.
+
+On Tuesday the 9th instant, at 5 P. M. the _Ramilies_, 74, _Pactolus_,
+38, a bomb ship, and the _Dispatch_, 22 gun brig, arrived off
+Stonington, and a flag was sent on shore with the following note--
+
+
+                                "_On board his Majesty's Ship, Ramilies,
+                                                    Stonington, Aug. 9._
+TO THE MAGISTRATES OF STONINGTON.
+
+Gentlemen--One hour is allowed you from the receipt of this
+communication, for the removal of the unoffending inhabitants.
+
+                                                     THOMAS M. HARDY.[2]
+
+
+This notification was received by two magistrates[3] and Lieutenant
+Hough of the drafted militia, who went off to meet the flag. The officer
+was asked whether a flag would not be received on board. He said no
+arrangements could be made. They inquired whether Com. Hardy had
+determined to destroy the town. He replied that such were his orders
+from the Admiral, and that it would be done most effectually.
+
+When the gentlemen reached the shore, a crowd waited with great anxiety
+for the news; which being stated, consternation flew through the town.
+An express was despatched to General Cushing,[4] at New London. A number
+of volunteers hastened to collect ammunition; others ran to the battery,
+which consisted of two 18 pounders and a 4 pounder, on field carriages,
+with a slight breast work, 4 feet high. The sick and the aged were
+removed with haste: the women and children, with loud cries, were seen
+running in every direction. Some of the most valuable articles were
+hastily got off by hand, others placed in the gardens and lots, or
+thrown into wells, to save them from the impending conflagration. The
+sixty minutes expired, but the dreaded moment did not bring the attack.
+Nelson's favorite hero and friend was seized with the compunctions of
+magnanimity;--he remembered what ancient Britons were; he remembered
+that something was due to the character of Sir Thomas M. Hardy. Three
+hours in fact elapsed, when at 8 in the evening the attack was commenced
+by a discharge of shells from the bomb ship. Several barges and
+launches had taken their stations in different points, from whence they
+threw Congreve rockets, and carcasses. This mode of attack was continued
+incessantly till midnight; and the fire was returned occasionally from
+the battery, as the light of the rockets gave opportunity with any
+chance of success.
+
+The few drafted militia which had been sometime stationed there, under
+command of Lieutenant Hough, were placed in the best directions to give
+an alarm in case a landing should be attempted. During the night the
+volunteers and militia had assembled in considerable numbers; and the
+non-combatant inhabitants had generally removed to the neighboring
+farm-houses, in the momentary expectation of seeing their abandoned
+dwellings in flames. It was a night of inexpressible anguish to many a
+widow and orphan, to many aged and infirm, whose little pittance they
+were now apparently to lose forever. But Providence directed otherwise.
+This compact little village of 100 buildings had been for four hours
+covered with flames of fire and bomb shells, and not a single building
+was consumed nor a person injured.
+
+At the dawn of day on the 10th, the approach of the enemy was announced
+by a discharge of Congreve rockets from several barges and a launch,
+which had taken their station, on the east side of the town, and out of
+reach of the battery. Several volunteers, with small arms and the four
+pounder, hastened across the point, supposing the enemy were attempting
+a landing. Colonel Randall of the 13th regiment, who at the time was
+moving towards the battery with a detachment of militia, ordered them to
+assist the volunteers in drawing over one of the 18 pounders to the
+extreme end of the point; the fire of which in a few minutes compelled
+the barges to seek safety in flight. During this time the brig was
+working up towards the Point, and soon after sunrise came to anchor,
+short of half a mile from the battery, (or more correctly, the
+breastwork). Our ammunition being soon exhausted, the guns were spiked,
+and the men who fought them, being only about 15 or 20,[5] retired,
+leaving them behind for want of strength to drag them off.
+
+The brig now continued deliberately to pour her 32 pound shot and grape
+into the Village, without our having the power of returning a shot, for
+an hour, and the bomb ketch occasionally threw in shells. A fresh supply
+of ammunition being obtained, the 18 pounder was withdrawn from the
+breastwork, the vent drilled, and the piece taken back again, when such
+an animated and well directed fire was kept up, that at 3 o'clock the
+brig slipped her cable and hauled off, with her pumps going, having
+received several shots below her water line, and considerable damage in
+her spars, &c. During this action between the eighteen pounder and the
+brig, Mr. Frederick Denison was slightly wounded in the knee,[6] by a
+fragment of a rock, and Mr. John Miner, badly burnt in his face by the
+premature discharge of the gun. The flag, which was nailed to the mast,
+was pierced with seven shot holes,[7] the breast-work somewhat injured,
+and 6 or 8 of the dwelling-houses in the vicinity essentially injured.
+At this time a considerable body of militia had arrived, and
+Brigadier-General Isham[8] had taken the command; the inhabitants had
+recovered from the consternation of the first moments; and were
+deliberately moving off their furniture and goods. At 1 o'clock the
+Ramilies and Pactolus had taken stations about two and a half miles from
+the town, when resistance appearing hopeless, the Magistrates as a last
+resort applied to the General for permission to send a flag off, being
+impressed with the opinion that there must exist some latent cause of a
+peculiar nature to induce a commander who had heretofore distinguished
+himself for a scrupulous regard to the claims of honorable warfare,--to
+induce him to commit an act so repugnant to sound policy, so abhorrent
+to his nature, so flagrant an outrage on humanity. The General, we
+understand, would not sanction, nor did he absolutely prohibit, a flag
+being sent. They, therefore, on their own responsibility, sent on board
+the Ramilies, Isaac Williams and Wm. Lord, Esquires, with the following
+letter.
+
+
+Copy.)                                  _Stonington August 10, 1814._
+TO SIR THOMAS M. HARDY,
+
+SIR--Agreeable to notice received from you yesterday, this town is now
+cleared of "unoffending inhabitants," and they feeling anxious about the
+fate of their village, are desirous to know from you, your determination
+respecting it. Yours, &c.
+
+                                             _Amos Denison_, Burgess.
+                                             _William Lord_, Magistrate.
+
+
+The deputation proceeded on board the Ramilies, and shortly after an
+officer informed the boatmen that they might return to the shore, as the
+gentlemen would be landed in a boat from the ship; and that Captain
+Hardy had declared that no further hostilities would be committed
+against the town. After remaining on board an hour, or more, the
+deputation were conveyed in a flag from the ship, which was met by one
+from the shore. They brought with them a very singular and extraordinary
+communication. An exact copy cannot at present be obtained, as official
+etiquette will not permit; but having read it when it was received on
+shore, as far as memory serves us, it was as follows:
+
+
+_On board H. M. Ship Ramilies, off Stonington, Aug. 10._
+
+GENTLEMEN--You having given assurances that no torpedoes have been
+fitted out from Stonington; and having engaged to exert your influence
+to prevent any from being fitted out or receiving any aid from your
+town: If you send on board this ship tomorrow at eight o'clock, Mrs.
+Stewart, wife of James Stewart esq. late His Majesty's Consul at New
+London, and their children, I engage that no further hostilities shall
+be committed against Stonington; otherwise I shall proceed to destroy it
+effectually.--For which purpose I possess ample means.
+
+                                                     T. M. HARDY, Capt.
+
+
+This letter was received indignantly. No answer was given. It was a fact
+well known that no torpedoes have been fitted out at Stonington, and
+that the inhabitants are unfriendly to the system; but neither
+individuals nor the town have power to prevent their resorting to that
+place. The condition _sine qua non_, is truly _tragi-farcical_. Neither
+the town of Stonington or the State of Connecticut, had any legal power
+to comply with it, which Capt. Hardy well knew. And if Stonington Point
+with its rocky foundations had been in danger of being blown up,
+scarcely a voice would have been raised to have saved it on such
+disgraceful terms. The first duty of a citizen we are taught in
+Connecticut, is to obey the laws. Mrs. Stewart is under the protection
+of the government of the United States, and the petition of her husband
+for a permission for a departure is in the hands of a proper authority,
+who will undoubtedly decide correctly in the case.[9]
+
+Our countrymen at a distance, from the importance Capt. Hardy has
+attached to the circumstance of Mrs. Stewart's being sent off to the
+British squadron, may possibly apprehend that she has received insult,
+or signified some fears for the personal safety of herself and
+children.--So far from this being the fact, no lady ever experienced
+greater civilities from the citizens; as no one has better deserved
+them. And her feelings during the proceedings at Stonington, demanded
+the sympathy of her friends.
+
+By the terms offered by Capt. Hardy, it was impossible to discover
+whether he was most doubtful of his ability to accomplish the
+destruction of the town, or desirous of a pretext to save it. He assured
+the gentlemen who accompanied the flag that this was the most unpleasant
+expedition he had undertaken.
+
+The truce on the part of the enemy having expired at 8 o'clock on
+Thursday morning, a flag was soon after observed at the battery to be
+coming on shore, and there not being sufficient time to give information
+of the fact at head quarters and receive instructions, it was determined
+by the officer then commanding to send a boat off to receive the
+communication. Mr. Faxon, of Stonington, took charge of the boat, met
+the flag, and offered to convey the dispatch agreeable to its
+directions. The British officer, Lieut. Claxton, questioned his
+authority to receive it; enquired whether Mrs. Stewart would be sent
+off; and said he would go on shore. Mr. Faxon replied, that he knew
+nothing of Mrs. Stewart; and that if he attempted to proceed for the
+shore, he would undoubtedly be fired on. He continued his course, when
+a centinel was directed to fire forward of the boat, but the ball passed
+through the after sail. They immediately put about and steered for the
+ship; the lieutenant swearing revenge, for what he termed an insult to
+his flag.
+
+An explanation of the circumstance was immediately transmitted by
+General Isham to Capt. Hardy, which he received as satisfactory.
+
+At the moment, a flag had started for the Ramilies,[10] from the civil
+authority of the town, which was received on board; by which was sent
+the following letter:--
+
+
+                                    _Stonington Boro', Aug. 14, 1814._
+TO THOMAS M. HARDY, _Commander of H.B.M. Ship Ramilies_.
+
+Sir--Since the flag went into New London for Mrs. Stewart, and family,
+General Cushing, who commands at New London, has written, we are
+informed, to the Secretary of War on the subject, and it is our opinion
+that the request will be complied with. But whatever may be the result
+of the communication from Gen. Cushing, you will be satisfied it is not
+in our power to enter into any arrangement with you respecting her.
+
+From yours, &c.
+
+Isaac Williams,               }
+William Lord,                 } _Magistrates._
+Alexander G. Smith,           }
+Joseph Smith,  _Warden._
+Geo. Hubbard,} _Burgesses._
+Amos Denison,}
+
+
+To this letter, Capt. Hardy replied verbally, that he should allow till
+12 o'clock for Mrs. Stewart to be brought on board.[11] At this time the
+principal part of three regiments of militia had arrived, and the town
+was perfectly secure against a landing.
+
+At 3 o'clock, the bomb ship commenced throwing shells into the town; and
+being out of reach of our cannon, the General withdrew the militia,
+excepting a guard of 50 men who were ordered to patrol the streets for
+the extinguishment of fire, should any happen. The bombardment continued
+till evening.
+
+On Friday morning the bomb ship renewed her operations a little before
+sunrise, while the Ramilies and Pactolus were warping in. At eight
+o'clock the frigate opened her fire and was soon followed by the
+Ramilies. At this time the cannon were ordered to be moved to the north
+end of the town, where they would have been serviceable if an attempt
+had been made to land under cover of the ships. This was a very
+hazardous service, as the party would be entirely exposed to the fire of
+the enemy. Volunteers in sufficient numbers instantly offered their
+services; among whom were upwards of twenty of the Norwich artillery.
+The command of the party was entrusted to Lieutenant Lathrop,[12] of
+that corps. They marched to the battery and brought off the pieces
+without the smallest accident; exhibiting all the steadiness which
+characterises veteran soldiers.
+
+This tremendous cannonade and bombardment continued till nearly noon,
+when it ceased; and about four o'clock the ships hauled off to their
+former anchorage.
+
+During the succeeding night a large force was kept on guard, in the
+expectation and hope that a landing would be attempted. The militia
+during this afflicting scene discovered the very best disposition, and
+were eager to take revenge of the enemy or sacrifice their lives in the
+contest.
+
+It may be considered miraculous that during the several attacks, while
+so many were exposed to this terrible and protracted bombardment and
+cannonade, not a person was killed, and but five or six wounded, and
+those but slightly. Among the wounded is Lieutenant Hough[13] of the
+drafted militia.
+
+On Saturday morning the enemy relinquished the hope of burning the town,
+weighed anchor, and proceeded up Fisher's Island sound.
+
+The volunteers who so gloriously fought in the battery, deserve the
+thanks of their country. No men could have done better. Their example
+will have the happiest influence.
+
+About forty buildings are more or less injured, 8 or 10 essentially so;
+and two or three may be considered as ruined. The damage was principally
+done by the brig. Many shells did not explode, several were
+extinguished. The Congreve Rockets which were frightful at first, lost
+their terrors, and effected little.
+
+The inhabitants, fearing another attack, have not returned to their
+dwellings, and their desolate situation calls loudly upon the
+philanthropy of their fellow citizens. If a brief should be granted for
+collections in the churches of the State we trust very essential aid
+will be furnished. Nineteen-twentieths of the inhabitants, it is said,
+have no other property than their dwellings.
+
+A Nantucket man has been on board the British fleet to redeem his boat,
+and learned that the Dispatch had 2 men killed and 12 wounded; her loss
+was undoubtedly much greater.
+
+
+       *     *     *     *     *
+
+
+NAMES OF VOLUNTEERS.
+
+[From the Conn. Gazette, Aug. 24th.]
+
+The following is handed us as a list of the volunteers (tho' presumed
+not entirely perfect,) of those who so bravely stood the brunt of the
+attack of Stonington Point:--
+
+Of _Stonington_:--
+
+Capt. George Fellows,       Gurdon Trumbull,
+Capt. Wm. Potter,           Alex. G. Smith,
+Dr. Wm. Lord,               Amos Denison jun.,
+Lieut. H. G. Lewis,         Stanton Gallup,
+Ensign D. Frink,            Eb. Morgan,
+                 John Miner.
+
+Of _Mystic_:--
+
+Jesse Deane,                Jeremiah Holmes,
+Deane Gallup,               N. Cleft,
+Fred. Haley,                Jedediah Reed.
+
+Of _Groton_:--
+
+Alfred White,               Frank Daniels,
+Ebenezer Morgan,            Giles Moran.
+
+Of _New London_:--
+
+Major Simeon Smith,
+Capt. Noah Lester (formerly of the Army),
+Major N. Frink,             Lambert Williams.
+
+From _Massachusetts_:--
+
+Capt. Leonard, and Mr. Dunham.
+
+
+[From the Conn. Gazette, Aug. 31st.]
+
+By an error of the compositor, the following names were omitted in the
+list published in our last paper, of volunteers who so greatly
+contributed to the glorious defence and preservation of Stonington,
+viz.:--
+
+Simeon Haley,               Thomas Wilcox,
+Jeremiah Haley,             Luke Palmer,
+Frederick Denison,          George Palmer,
+John Miner,                 Wm. G. Bush,
+Asa Lee.
+
+There were probably others, whom we have not learnt.
+
+
+[From the original in the Comptroller's office, at Hartford.]
+
+MUSTER ROLL of the 8th Company of Infantry under the command of CAPTAIN
+WM. POTTER in the Thirtieth Regiment of Con. Militia in service of the
+United States, at Stonington, commanded by Lieut. Col. WM. RANDALL, from
+the 9th of August when last mustered, to the 27th of August 1814.--
+
+_Names and Rank.        Commencement    Expiration   Alterations and Remarks
+                         of service.    of service.  Remarks since last
+                                                     muster._
+
+_Captain_, William Potter,      Aug. 9   Aug. 27
+_Lieut._ Horatio G. Lewis,       "   9    "   27
+                                                    {detached for service
+_Ensign_, Daniel Frink,          "   9    "   23    { and ordered to N.
+                                                    { London, Aug. 22.
+  _Sergeants:_
+Francis Amy,                     "  19    "   27
+Charles H. Smith,                "   9    "   27
+Peleg Hancox,                    "  22    "   27
+Gurdon Trumbull,                 "   9    "   27
+  _Corporals:_
+Azariah Stanton jr.,             "  16    "   27
+Junia Cheesebrough,              "   9    "   27
+Joshua Swan jr.,                 "  22    "   27
+  _Privates:_
+                                                    {detached for service
+Phineas Wilcox,                  "   9    "   23    { and ordered to N.
+                                                    { London, Aug. 23.
+Hamilton White,                  "   9    "   27
+                                                    {detached for service
+Henry Wilcox,                    "   9    "   23    { and ordered to N.
+                                                    { London, Aug. 23.
+Nathan Wilcox,                   "   9    "   27
+Samuel Burtch,                   "   9    "   27
+Jonathan Palmer,                 "   9    "   27
+Andrew P. Stanton,               "   9    "   27
+James Stanton,                  Aug. 9   Aug. 27
+Thomas Breed,                    "   9    "         {Volunteer exempt,
+                                                    {discharg., Aug. 17.
+Amos Loper,                      "   9    "         {Volunteer exempt,
+                                                    {discharg., Aug. 20.
+Samuel Bottum, Jr.,              "   9    "   27
+                                                    {Produced certificate
+Benj. Merritt,                   "   9    "         {of parole on 15th
+                                                    {Aug. & discharged.
+Elisha Cheesebrough Jr.,         "   9    "   27
+                                                    {detached for service
+Christopr. Wheeler,              "   9    "   23    { & ordered to New
+                                                    { London, Aug. 23.
+Amos Hancox,                     "   9   "   27
+Zebadiah Palmer,                 "  15   "   27
+Nathl. Waldron,                  "  15   "   27
+Thomas Spencer,                  "  19   "   27
+Nathl. M. Pendleton,             "  20   "   27
+Simon Carew,                     "  22   "   27
+Elisha Faxon Jun.,               "  22   "   27
+                                                    {detached for service
+Ebenezer Halpin,                 "  22   "   23     { & ordered to New
+                                                    { London, Aug. 23.
+                                                    {detached for service
+Asa Wilcox Jun.,                 "  22   "   23     { & ordered to New
+                                                    { London, 23 Aug.
+Warren Palmer,                   "  22   "   27
+                                                    {Waiter to Capt.
+Joseph Bailey Jun. }             "   9   "   27     {Wm. Potter.
+                   }_Waiters_,   "       "   23     {Waiter to Lieut.
+Nathl. Lewis,      }                                {G. Lewis
+
+
+I certify, upon honor, that this Muster Roll exhibits a true statement
+of the 8th Company; and that the remarks set opposite the men's names
+are accurate and just.
+
+                                            WILLIAM POTTER, _Capt._
+
+We certify upon honor, that the foregoing Muster Roll exhibits a true
+statement of Captain William Potter's Company; and that the remarks set
+opposite the men's names are accurate and just.
+
+                       JOHN JAMIESON JR., _Asst. Adjt. Genl. &
+                                           Mustering Officer, per order_.
+
+                       WM LORD, _Regimental Surgeon_.
+
+
+ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK, FURNISHED FOR PUBLICATION, BY THE MAGISTRATES,
+WARDEN AND BURGESSES.[14]
+
+[From the Conn. Gazette, Sept. 7th,]
+
+                                _Stonington Borough, Aug. 29, 1814._
+
+_Mr._ Green--In relation to the extraordinary attack of the enemy, of
+the 9th inst., on this village, the public have been furnished with
+various accounts; and though the circumstantial and generally correct
+account given in your paper [of the 7th of August,] precludes the
+necessity of a recapitulation of the whole transaction, yet this village
+having been the object of the attack and resentment of Sir Thomas, the
+Magistrates, Warden and Burgesses residing therein, feeling deeply
+interested that some official document comprehending a supply of some
+facts not given, and alteration of others, and a general statement
+relative to the whole, should be published,--offer the public the
+following statement:
+
+
+On Tuesday afternoon of the 9th inst. anchored off our harbor, the
+frigate _Pactolus_, the _Terror_, a bomb ship, and the brig _Dispatch_
+of 20 guns. From the difficulty of the navigation in Fisher's Island
+Sound, we have been generally impressed that such ships of war dare not
+approach us; but the presumption of the enemy has created new fears, and
+we think it our duty to say, that further means of defence and
+protection ought to be afforded us; this we have often requested.
+Various were the opinions respecting the object of the enemy, but soon
+all was settled. A flag was discovered to leave the frigate and row
+towards the town. The impropriety of suffering them to come on more was
+suggested; and a boat was immediately obtained, Capt. Amos Palmer,
+William Lord Esq., and Lieut. Hough of the detachment here, selected,
+and the flag of the enemy met by ours, when we received the following
+unexpected and short notice--(This not having been furnished the public
+correctly we give it at length:)
+
+
+                            _His Britannic Majesty's ship_ PACTOLUS,
+                      _9th of August, 1814, halfpast 5 o'clock, P. M._
+
+Not wishing to destroy the unoffending inhabitants residing in the town
+of Stonington, one hour is given them from the receipt of this, to
+remove out of the town.
+
+                                      T. M. HARDY, _Capt. of H. B. M.
+                                               Ship_ RAMILIES.
+
+_To the Inhabitants of the Town of Stonington._
+
+
+From the date of this communication it will appear that Commander Hardy
+was himself on board the Pactolus to direct the attack; the _Ramilies_
+then laying at anchor at the west end of Fisher's Island. The people
+assembled in great numbers to hear what was the word from the enemy;
+when the above was read aloud. The enemy in the barge lay upon their
+oars a few moments, probably to see the crowd and if some consternation
+might not prevail. Whatever effect was produced, this we know, that Sir
+Thomas's "unoffending inhabitants" did not agree to give up the ship,
+though threatened by a force competent, in a human view, to destroy
+them, when compared with the present means of defence in their power. It
+was exclaimed, from old and young, _We will defend_. The male citizens,
+though duly appreciating the humanity of Sir Thomas, in not wishing to
+destroy them, thought proper to defend their wives and their children,
+and, in many instances, all their property; and we feel a pleasure in
+saying that a united spirit of defence prevailed, and, during the short
+hour granted us, expresses were sent to Gen. Cushing at New London, and
+to Col. Randall,[15] whose regiment resided nearest to the scene of
+danger. The detachment stationed here under Lieut. Hough was embodied;
+Capt. Potter, residing within the Borough, gave orders to assemble all
+the officers and men under his command that could be immediately
+collected. They cheerfully and quickly assembled, animated with the true
+spirit of patriotism. The ammunition for our two 18-pounders and
+4-pounder was collected at the little breast-work erected by ourselves.
+The citizens of the Borough, assisted by two strangers from
+Massachusetts, manned the 18-pounders at the breast-work, and also the
+4-pounder. One cause of discouragement, only, seemed to prevail, which
+was the deficiency of ammunition for the cannon. This circumstance,
+however, together with the superior force arrayed against us, did not
+abate the zeal for resistance. Such guards of musketry as were in our
+power to place, were stationed at different points on the shores. In
+this state of preparation we waited the attack of the enemy. About 8
+o'clock in the evening they commenced by the fire of a shell from the
+bomb-ship, which was immediately returned by a shot from our 18-pounder.
+This attack of the enemy was immediately succeeded by one from three
+launches and four barges, surrounding the point, throwing rockets and
+shot into the village. This also was returned as often as, by the light
+of the rockets streaming from the barges, we could discover them.
+Assisted by the above military force, the inhabitants alone, some
+seventy years old, defended the town until about 11 o'clock; and had it
+not been for the spirited resistance manifested, a landing no doubt,
+would have been effected. At this time Col. Randall had arrived, and
+having issued orders to the militia under his command, they began to
+assemble, and from the short notice given them were truly prompt and
+active in appearing at the post of danger: some volunteers had also
+arrived. From this additional strength, the apprehensions of the enemy's
+landing, in a measure vanished. Their shells, rockets and carcasses,
+having been prevented from spreading the destruction intended, they
+ceased firing them about 12 o'clock. All was still from this time until
+day-light. A fire of rockets and shot from the launches and barges again
+commenced, which was spiritedly returned from our artillery taken from
+the breast-work, in open view of the enemy and exposed to their shot, on
+the end of the point, and they [were] compelled to recede. This truly
+hazardous service was nobly performed. Col. Randall having been prompt
+in his appearance, as were all the officers and soldiers of his
+regiment, they were now organized, ready and eager to receive our
+invaders. From the spirit manifested among the citizens, volunteers and
+soldiers, and the judicious arrangements made of the troops assembled,
+had a landing been attempted a good account would no doubt have been
+given of them. We were now also assisted by numbers of volunteers. The
+barges having receded from the fire of our four and eighteen-pounder on
+the Point, they were taken back to the breast-work.
+
+About 8 o'clock in the morning of Wednesday, the Brig [_Dispatch_]
+hauled within half a mile of our breast-work, and opened a well directed
+and animated fire. Our few guns being now well manned by citizens and
+volunteers, from Stonington, New London, Mistick and Groton, they were
+ready to receive her. Her fire was returned with a spirit and courage
+rarely to be equalled,--and of those gallant souls who stood this
+conflict, we can only say, they gloriously did their duty. Heroes having
+so nobly acted, with ours, will receive the plaudit of their country.
+What effect such bravery had on the enemy, will appear from the fact,
+that the brig was compelled to cut her cable and retire out of reach of
+our shot. Her anchor has since been taken up, with a number of fathoms
+of cable. No attack was afterwards made by the brig. This contest with
+the brig (called the _Dispatch_), continued on our part from the
+breast-work until the ammunition was expended. To this circumstance,
+unfortunately for the village and mortifying to those so gallantly
+engaged in the defence, may be attributed the principal injury sustained
+by the buildings. For two hours or more, she kept up a constant fire
+without having it in our power to return a shot: during which time, we
+are confident, had there been a supply of ammunition, she would have
+been taught the use and meaning of her name.
+
+The further particulars which transpired on Wednesday and Thursday,
+having been noticed by you, in the publication above referred to, very
+correctly, the public must be satisfied without any comments from us. In
+the publication of the transactions of Friday, we have discovered one
+error. Amidst the combined fire of the Ramilies, frigate and bomb-ship,
+Lieut. Lathrop and volunteers from the Norwich Artillery, in fact did
+proceed, to undertake in assisting to get off the cannon from the
+breast-work, but they met other brave lads who had accomplished this
+hazardous duty. The praise therefore of this performance, however they
+may have distinguished themselves in other duties, is not correctly
+bestowed.
+
+In passing the proceedings of Thursday and Friday, we would not overlook
+the singular communication received from Commodore Hardy, which preceded
+the fire on Thursday. Two subjects esteemed very important by Sir Thomas
+seem connected, Torpedoes and Mrs. Stewart,--a lady we presume worthy of
+the notice even of Commodore Hardy. But a demand made on those with
+whom, it was well known, no power existed to comply, is not a little
+extraordinary: besides, this communication is totally different from and
+unconnected with the one it was sent as an answer to. It would appear
+from reading the documents, that assurances were given that no torpedoes
+ever did, or ever should, go from this place. This was not the fact; no
+promises or confessions of any kind were ever made. To this singular
+letter no general reply was given; that part, only, [was] noticed,
+relative to Mrs. Stewart.
+
+The enemy left us on Friday, without having accomplished that
+destruction which they told us was to be effected. The damage done the
+buildings is estimated at about four thousand dollars. This would
+undoubtedly have been much greater, had not the volunteer vigilant
+firemen[16] from Capt. Potter's company before mentioned, and others,
+continued firm at their posts, determined that not a flame kindled by
+those fiery engines of the enemy but should be extinguished,--and it was
+done. This duty, perhaps, was as important and useful for the salvation
+of the village, as any performed during the conflict.
+
+The list of individuals given to the public as distinguishing themselves
+during the contest, we esteem very imperfect. To give a correct list of
+all those who did distinguish themselves in the various duties that were
+performed, is not easy to do; we shall therefore forbear. Having thought
+proper to bestow a just tribute of praise on the officers and soldiers
+of the 30th Regiment, who first arrived at the scene of action, it
+becomes us to express, also, the high sense which we entertain of the
+services and judicious and soldier-like conduct of Brigadier-General
+Isham, and the officers and soldiers of the 8th and 20th Regiments,
+assembled under his command.
+
+During this protracted bombardment, nothing more excites our
+astonishment and gratitude than this, that not a man was killed on our
+part. We understand from good authority, the enemy had a number killed
+and several badly wounded,[17] in this unprovoked attack upon us.
+
+We have made some estimate of the number of shells and fire carcasses
+thrown into the village, and we find there has been about three hundred.
+The amount of metal fired by the enemy will exceed, we think, fifty
+tons. About three or four tons of bombs, carcasses and shot have been
+collected.[A]
+
+WILLIAM LORD,    }_Magistrates._
+ALEX. G. SMITH,  }
+JOSEPH SMITH,     _Warden._
+AMOS PALMER,          }
+AMOS DENISON,         }
+GEO. HUBBARD,         } _Burgesses._
+THOMAS ASH,           }
+REUBEN CHESEBROUGH,   }
+
+FOOTNOTES:
+
+[Footnote A: "Some respectable citizens from motives of curiosity
+weighed several shells &c., and found their weight to be as follows.
+
+One of the largest carcasses, partly full of the combustible, 216 lb.
+One of the smallest sort          do.                         103
+One of the largest kind empty,                                189
+One of the largest bomb shells,                               189
+One of the smallest               do.                          90
+One, marked on it (fire 16 lb)                                 16
+
+One of the largest carcasses partly full, was set on fire, which burnt
+half an hour, emitting a horrid stench; in a calm the flame would rise
+ten feet. Some of the rockets were sharp pointed, others not, made of
+sheet iron very thick, containing at the lower end some of them a fusee
+of grenade, calculated to burst, and if they were taken hold of before
+the explosion, might prove dangerous; one or two persons received injury
+in this way. They appear to contain a greater variety of combustibles
+than the fire carcasses.]
+
+
+LETTER FROM CAPT. AMOS PALMER, TO THE SECRETARY
+OF WAR.
+
+[From Niles's Weekly Register, Oct. 21, 1815.]
+
+DEFENCE OF STONINGTON.
+
+The defence of Stonington by a handful of brave citizens was more like
+an effusion of feeling, warm from the heart, than a concerted military
+movement. The result of it, we all know, and it afforded sincere delight
+to every patriot. But the particulars we have never seen so accurately
+described as in the following concise narrative from the chairman of the
+committee of defence, to the Secretary of War, of which we have been
+provided with a copy for publication.--_Nat. Intelligencer._
+
+
+                                    "Stonington Borough, Aug. 21, 1815.
+To the Hon. Wm. H. Crawford,
+Secretary of War.
+
+SIR:
+
+The former Secretary of War put into my hands, as chairman of the
+committee of defence, the two 18-pounders and all the munitions of war
+that were here, belonging to the general government, to be used for the
+defence of the town,--and I gave my receipt for the same.
+
+As there is no military officer here, it becomes my duty to inform you
+[of] the use we have made of it. That on the 9th of August last [year],
+the _Ramilies_ 74, the _Pactolus_ 44, the _Terror_ bomb-ship, and the
+_Despatch_ gun brig, anchored off the harbor. Commodore Hardy sent off a
+boat, with a flag; we met him with another from the shore, when the
+officer of the flag handed me a note from Commodore Hardy, informing
+that one hour was given the unoffending inhabitants, before the town
+would be destroyed.
+
+We returned to the shore, where all the male inhabitants were collected,
+when I read the note aloud; they all exclaimed, they would defend the
+place to the last extremity, and if it was destroyed, they would be
+buried in the ruins.
+
+We repaired to a small battery that we had hove up--nailed our colors to
+the flag staff--others lined the shore with their muskets.
+
+At about seven in the evening, they put off five barges and a large
+launch, carrying from 32 to 9 lb. carronades in their bows, and opened
+their fire from their shipping, with bombs, carcasses, rockets, round,
+grape and cannister shot, and sent their boats to land under cover of
+their fire. We let them come within small grape distance, when we opened
+our fire upon them, from our two 18-pounders, with round and grape shot.
+They soon retreated out of grape distance, and attempted a landing on
+the east side of the village; we dragged a six-pounder that we had
+mounted over, and met them with grape, and all our muskets opened fire
+on them, so that they were willing to retreat the second time. They
+continued their fire 'till 11 at night.
+
+The next morning at seven o'clock, the brig _Despatch_ anchored within
+pistol shot of our battery, and they sent five barges and two large
+launches to land under cover of their whole fire (being joined by the
+_Nimrod_ 20 gun brig). When the boats approached within grape distance,
+we opened our fire on them with round and grape shot. They retreated and
+came round the east side of the town. We checked them with our six
+pounder and muskets, 'till we dragged over one of our 18 pounders. We
+put in it a round shot and about 40 or 50 lbs. of grape, and placed it
+in the centre of their boats as they were rowing up in a line and firing
+on us. We tore one of their barges all in pieces; so that two, one on
+each side, had to lash her up, to keep her from sinking. They retreated
+out of grape distance, and we turned our fire upon the brig, and
+expended all our cartridges but five, which we reserved for the boats,
+if they made another attempt to land. We then lay four hours without
+being able to annoy the enemy in the least, except from muskets on the
+brig, while the fire from the whole fleet was directed against our
+buildings. After the third express to New London, some fixed ammunition
+arrived. We then turned our cannon on the brig, and she soon cut her
+cable and drifted out.
+
+The whole fleet then weighed, and anchored nearly out of reach of our
+shot, and continued this and the next day to bombard the town.
+
+They set the buildings on fire in more than twenty places, and we as
+often put them out. In the three days' bombardment they sent on shore 60
+tons of metal, and, strange to say, wounded only one man, since dead. We
+have picked up 15 tons, including some that was taken up out of the
+water, and the two anchors that we got.[18] We took up and buried four
+poor fellows that were hove overboard out of the sinking barge.
+
+Since peace, the officers of the _Despatch_ brig have been on shore
+here: they acknowledge they had 21 killed, and 50 badly wounded; and
+further say, had we continued our fire any longer, they should have
+struck, for they were in a sinking condition: for the wind then blew at
+S. W. directly into the harbour. Before the ammunition arrived, it
+shifted round to north, and blew out of the harbour. All the shot
+suitable for the cannon we have reserved. We have now more 18 pound shot
+than was sent us by government. We have put the two cannon in the
+arsenal, and housed all the munitions of war."
+
+
+EXTRACT FROM THE SPEECH OF GEN. ERASTUS ROOT, OF NEW YORK,
+
+In the House of Representatives, on the Bill to provide for the payment
+of Militia called out by State authority, and not placed under the
+command of the United States.
+
+[After animadverting with great severity on the affair at Pettipaug
+point,[19] and the course pursued by Governor Smith, of Connecticut, for
+the defence of New London]--
+
+"There was _one_ achievement, said Mr. R., which brightened the annals
+of Connecticut and shed lustre on the American character. He alluded to
+the _Defence of Stonington_. A more brilliant affair, said he, had not
+taken place during the late war. It was not rivalled by the defence of
+Sandusky, the glorious triumph on the Niagara, nor the naval victories
+on Erie and Champlain. And yet that heroic exploit is claimed in favor
+of Governor Smith's militia, and is to gild the pill which we are called
+upon to swallow. The detached militia, said Mr. R., had nothing to do in
+that affair. It was achieved by fourteen democrats, _volunteer_
+democrats, who were determined to defend the town or perish in its
+ruins. Commodore Hardy, fearful that that democratic town would send
+torpedoes among his squadron, demanded a pledge that no harm should be
+done to his ships. No pledge being given, and after advising the
+removal of women and children from the town, the enemy made a vigorous
+attack, first in barges, and afterwards in a brig of war. This heroic
+little band, with a single gun mounted on a small battery, drove off the
+brig as they had before driven off the barges. They sent havoc and death
+among the enemy,--saved the town,--and crowned themselves with never
+fading laurels."--_The (Hartford) Times, March 18, 1817._
+
+       *     *     *     *     *
+
+THE BATTLE OF STONINGTON, ON THE SEABOARD OF CONNECTICUT.
+
+BY PHILIP FRENEAU.
+
+_In an attack upon the town and a small fort of two guns, by the
+_RAMILLIES_, seventy-four gun ship, commanded by Sir Thomas Hardy; the
+_PACTOLUS_, 38 gun ship; _DESPATCH_ brig, and a razee, or bomb
+ship,--August, 1814._
+
+    Four gallant ships from England came
+    Freighted deep with fire and flame,
+    And other things we need not name,
+          To have a dash at Stonington.
+
+    Now safely moor'd, their work begun,
+    They thought to make the Yankees run,
+    And have a mighty deal of fun
+          In stealing sheep at Stonington.
+
+    A deacon then popp'd up his head,
+    And Parson Jones's sermon read,
+    In which the reverend doctor said
+          That they must fight for Stonington.
+
+    A townsman bade them, next, attend
+    To sundry resolutions penn'd,
+    By which they promised to defend
+          With sword and gun old Stonington.
+
+    The ships advancing different ways,
+    The Britons soon began to blaze,
+    And put th' old women in amaze,
+          Who feared the loss of Stonington.
+
+    The Yankees to their fort repair'd,
+    And made as though they little cared
+    For all that came--though very hard
+          The cannon play'd on Stonington.
+
+    The _Ramillies_ began the attack,
+    _Despatch_ came forward--bold and black--
+    And none can tell what kept them back
+          From setting fire to Stonington.
+
+    The bombardiers with bomb and ball
+    Soon made a farmer's barrack fall,
+    And did a cow-house sadly maul
+          That stood a mile from Stonington.
+
+    They kill'd a goose, they kill'd a hen,
+    Three hogs they wounded in a pen--
+    They dash'd away,--and pray what then?
+          _This_ was not taking Stonington.
+
+    The shells were thrown, the rockets flew,
+    But not a shell, of all they threw,
+    Though every house was full in view,
+          Could burn a house at Stonington.
+
+    To have _their_ turn, they thought but fair;--
+    The Yankees brought two guns to bear,
+    And, sir, it would have made you stare,
+          This smoke of smokes at Stonington.
+
+    They bor'd _Pactolus_ through and through,
+    And kill'd and wounded of her crew
+    So many, that she bade adieu
+         T' the gallant boys of Stonington.
+
+    The brig _Despatch_ was hull'd and torn--
+    So crippled, riddled, so forlorn--
+    No more she cast an eye of scorn
+          On the little fort at Stonington.
+
+    The _Ramillies_ gave up th' affray,
+    And, with her comrades sneaked away.
+    Such was the valor on that day,
+          Of British tars, near Stonington.
+
+    But some assert, on certain grounds,
+    (Besides the damage and the wounds,)
+    It cost the King ten thousand pounds
+          To have a dash at Stonington.
+
+[Few of Freneau's earlier and _better_ poems were so popular as this of
+"The Battle of Stonington," in its day. All Connecticut boys knew it by
+heart, and it had an established place among the 'declamations' of
+school exhibitions. Until within a few years it was to be found in the
+assortment of every street vender of ballads and patriotic
+poems,--sometimes in its original form, but more often, with
+'emendations and corrections.' In the broad-side from which I first
+learned it (bought at a stall in the neighborhood of Fulton market, some
+thirty years ago,) for the twelfth and thirteenth verses was substituted
+this:--
+
+    "They bored the _Despatch_ through and through,
+    And kill'd and wounded half her crew;
+    'Till crippled, riddled, she withdrew,--
+          And curs'd the boys of Stonington."]
+
+
+CELEBRATIONS OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK.
+
+1815.
+
+Thursday, Aug. 10th, the first anniversary of the battle, was observed
+as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. The old flag was again hoisted on
+the flag-staff at the battery: and a procession, formed at that place,
+marched to the Congregational meeting-house, to listen to a discourse by
+the pastor, Rev. Ira Hart. On its conclusion, the procession returned to
+the battery, where the exercises of the day were closed by prayer. "On
+Friday evening a grand anniversary ball was given; the assembly being
+both numerous and brilliant."--_Conn. Gazette, Aug. 23d._
+
+1818.
+
+Celebration at the Borough, on Monday, Aug. 10th. "The company was very
+numerous, and the business of the day went off with great eclat."--_Id.
+Aug. 12th, 1818._
+
+1824.
+
+An Oration was delivered at the Congregational meeting-house, by Rev.
+David Austin, "characteristic of his talents, patriotism, and
+eloquence." The concourse of citizens from Stonington and the
+neighboring towns was unusually large and respectable. An excellent
+dinner was provided by Major Babcock, at the Borough Hotel, to which a
+large number of citizens and invited guests did ample justice. The
+following were among the volunteer toasts:
+
+By Capt. Edmund Fanning. _The Grasshopper Fort_[B]--may it never be
+forgotten by those whom it defended.
+
+By Samuel Copp, Esq. _American Eighteen-pounders_--as handled in the
+Grasshopper Fort.
+
+By Gen. J. Isham. _August 10th, 1814_--May no vile calumniator hereafter
+attempt to tarnish the hard earned fame of the heroes of that day.
+
+By Gurdon Trumbull, Esq. _John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson_--Their
+elevation to the first offices of our government, will demonstrate that
+sovereignty is yet with the _people_, and guarantee the defence of our
+national rights, whether assailed by the _pen_ or the _sword_.
+
+By Dr. Swift. _Capt. Amos Palmer_--His memory; his energy and
+perseverance.
+
+By W. Storer Jun. _Gen. La Fayette_[C]--Whom God doth bless, we will
+honor.
+
+By Jesse Dean, esq. _Major Simeon Smith_--Who made cartridges of his
+stockings, for our defence, on the day we celebrate.--_New London
+Gazette, Aug. 18th._
+
+FOOTNOTES:
+
+[Footnote B: "Alluding to a term used by the Rev. Orator of the day."]
+
+[Footnote C: Gen. La Fayette's arrival at New York was daily expected.
+He landed at Castle Garden, Aug. 16th.]
+
+
+1826.
+
+The installation of Benevolent Chapter of Royal Arch Masons took place
+at Stonington, on the anniversary of the attack. The revenue cutters
+Eagle, from New Haven, the Newport cutter, and the steamboat
+Long-branch (Capt. Mather), from New London, brought numerous masonic
+and other guests,--military companies,--and a band of music. A
+procession of some three hundred brethren and companions was formed, by
+order of Doct. Thomas Hubbard, M. E. G. H. P., under the direction of
+Companions Gen. W. Williams, Samuel F. Denison, and others, as marshals.
+The procession marched to the site of the battery, where a spacious tent
+had been erected, with seats for 2500 persons,--and listened to a prayer
+from the Gr. Chaplain, Rev. Seth B. Paddock, and an Oration by Asa
+Child, Esq.; after which the new chapter was dedicated in ample form,
+and the several officers duly installed. A grand dinner closed the
+exercises of the day.--_N. L. Gazette, Aug. 16th._
+
+1827.
+
+A grand celebration, on the battle ground, where a large tent had been
+erected. Among the guests were his Excellency Governor Tomlinson and his
+staff. The procession formed early in the morning, and marched through
+the principal streets, escorted by the Stonington artillery and Norwich
+rifle companies, to the tent,--where an address was delivered by Gurdon
+Trumbull, Esq.: after which, the procession re-formed, and proceeded to
+the dinner table (spread in Mr. Faxon's rope walk, under the supervision
+of Major Paul Babcock). Samuel F. Denison, Esq., presided at the table,
+assisted by Major General Wm. Williams, George Hubbard and B. F.
+Babcock, Esquires. A long account of the celebration, with the toasts
+drank at the dinner, &c.--is given in the _New London Gazette_, of
+August 15th.
+
+
+
+
+NOTES.
+
+
+NOTE 1, page 9.
+
+Stonington Borough, incorporated by the Legislature [of Connecticut,] in
+1801, is situated on a narrow point of land about half a mile in length,
+at the eastern extremity of Long Island sound. On its eastern side lies
+Paucatuck bay, and on its west the harbour, terminating in Lambert's
+Cove. It has four [two] principal streets running north and south,
+intersected at right angles by nine cross streets, and contains about
+one hundred and twenty dwelling houses and stores. It has also two
+houses for public worship, an academy, where the languages are taught,
+and two common schools; two rope-walks, commodious wharves, and ware
+houses for storage.... In the census of 1810, the _town_ contained 3043
+inhabitants, and there are now [1819], 335 qualified electors.--_Pease &
+Niles's Gazetteer of Connecticut._
+
+
+NOTE 2, page 9.
+
+Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Bart.--afterwards Vice-Admiral, and G. C.
+B.,--was at this time not far from thirty-five years of age. He entered
+the British navy, as a midshipman, at twelve; and was promoted to the
+rank of commander in 1797, for distinguished gallantry in the capture of
+a French brig, under the walls of Vera Cruz. He commanded the _Mutine_
+brig, in the battle of the Nile,--became the favorite of Nelson, and was
+appointed to the command of his flag-ship, serving with him,
+successively, in the _Vanguard_, the _Namur_, the _St. George_, (at the
+battle of Copenhagen), the _Iris_ and _Amphitrion_, and the _Victory_,
+on board which Nelson conquered and fell at Trafalgar. Capt. Hardy was
+created a baronet, in February, 1806; from which period, until 1824, he
+was almost constantly on active duty in the West Indies and on American
+stations. He was made a knight commander of the Bath, Jan. 1815, and
+knight grand cross, in 1831. In October, 1827, he retired from the
+service; was appointed a lord of the admiralty in 1830; and governor of
+Greenwich Hospital, in 1834, retaining that office until his death,
+Sept. 20th, 1839.--_Annual Register_, vol. LXXXI, p. 363. _Dispatches &
+Letters of Nelson._
+
+[Col. Green gave the _substance_ of this note, from memory. A correct
+copy of it was published with the official account, in the _Gazette_ of
+Sept. 7th. Commodore Hardy wrote from on board the _Pactolus_,--his own
+ship, the _Ramilies_, then lying at anchor off the west end of Fisher's
+Island.]
+
+
+NOTE 3, page 10.
+
+Capt. Amos Palmer, and Dr. Wm. Lord. The former was the senior warden of
+the Borough, and chairman of the committee of citizens who had been
+entrusted, some months previously, with the preparations for defence.
+"He was distinguished for his integrity, his republican principles, and
+his patriotism."--_Pease & Niles's Gazetteer, 1819._ Capt. Palmer's own
+account of the attack (in a letter to the Secretary of War,) will be
+found on pages 33-36. He died at Stonington, March 1, 1816, aet. 69.
+
+
+NOTE 4, page 10.
+
+Brigadier-General Thomas H. Cushing, who commanded at New London. After
+the ratification of peace, in 1815, General Cushing received the
+appointment of collector of the port of New London, and retained the
+office till his death, Oct. 19th, 1822, aet. 67.--_Hist. of New London_,
+p. 649.
+
+
+NOTE 5, page 12.
+
+An account of the "Bombardment of Stonington" [by the Rev. Frederick
+Denison] printed in the _Mystic Pioneer_ of July 2d, 1859, contains many
+interesting particulars, "gathered from the lips of prominent actors in
+the battle." This account says, "The first men, so far as remembered,
+that took stations in the battery, were four, William Lord, Asa Lee,
+George Fellows, and Amos Denison. Just before six o'clock, six
+volunteers from Mystic, Jeremiah Holmes, Jeremiah Haley, Ebenezer
+Denison, Isaac Denison, and Nathaniel Clift, reached the place, on foot,
+and ran immediately to help to operate the gun in the battery."...
+
+... "The battery being small, but few men could work in it, and at this
+time [later in the morning of the 10th,] it was operated, as nearly as
+remembered, by Jeremiah Holmes, Simeon Haley, Jeremiah Haley, Isaac
+Denison, Isaac Miner, George Fellows, and Asa Lee." This list is not
+_complete_, but is doubtless correct so far as it relates to the
+_Mystic_ volunteers.
+
+
+NOTE 6, page 12.
+
+The wound proved mortal. Mr. Denison died November 1st, 1814. He was the
+fourth son of Isaac and Eunice [Williams] Denison, of Mystic, born Dec.
+27th, 1795. On the morning of the attack, Frederick,--a youth not yet
+nineteen years old,--hastened, on foot, to the Borough, to join the
+little band of volunteers, with whom were already his two elder
+brothers, Ebenezer and Isaac, and his brothers-in-law, Capt. Jer. Holmes
+and Capt. Nath. Clift. He went immediately to the battery, where he
+helped to work the guns, and during the heat of the action, when the
+match-rope proved unserviceable, volunteered to go out to procure a new
+supply. While on this dangerous errand, he was struck by a shot from the
+brig, or, as other accounts say, by a fragment scaled from a rock by a
+passing ball. The wound was not considered dangerous, and if surgical
+aid could have been promptly obtained, Mr. Denison's life might have
+been spared.
+
+In May, 1856, the Legislature of Connecticut made an appropriation for
+a suitable monument to his memory, which was erected in Elm Grove
+Cemetery, at Mystic.--F. D. [_Rev. Fred. Denison_,] in _Mystic Pioneer_,
+Aug. 27th, 1859.
+
+
+NOTE 7, page 13.
+
+"The colors on the flag staff were shot through nine times. A fence near
+by was pierced by _sixty-three_ balls."--_Mystic Pioneer._ The flag has
+been carefully preserved, and was in the keeping of Francis Amy,
+Esq.,--orderly sergeant of Capt. Potter's Company, at the time of the
+attack,--until his death in 1863. Its future preservation should be
+insured by depositing it with the Connecticut History Society.
+
+
+NOTE 8, page 13.
+
+Jirah Isham, Esq., commanding the 3d Brigade of the State Militia,--in
+the 3d Division, (William Williams, Esq., Major General.)
+
+
+NOTE 9, page 15.
+
+"On Sunday [Aug. 7] a flag came up [to New London] from the frigate
+_Forth_, Com. Hotham. The object was to obtain permission for James
+Stewart, Esq., formerly consul here, to take off his family. Mr. Stewart
+was on board. General Cushing, we understand, replied that the request
+would be forwarded to Washington."--_Conn. Gazette_, Aug. 10th.
+
+
+NOTE 10, page 17.
+
+Mr. Gurdon Trumbull was the bearer of this flag, and was accompanied by
+Dr. Wm. Lord. The boat was rowed to the _Ramillies_ by Noyes Brown and
+Jabez Holmes. Gen. Isham's explanation of the firing on Lieut. Claxton,
+under a flag of truce, had not been received by Com. Hardy when the boat
+with this letter from the civil authority came along side. The bearer
+of the letter was met, at the head of the gang-ladder by a lieutenant,
+and informed that the Commodore was much incensed at the insult offered
+to the flag, and would not receive any communication from the shore
+until it should be explained. Mr. Trumbull replied that he came as a
+messenger from the _civil_ and not the _military_ authorities, and was
+not instructed to offer any explanation: but, as an eye-witness of the
+transaction, he would state the circumstances, as they occurred. The
+lieutenant reported these to the Commodore, and returned with a message
+that the latter was "perfectly satisfied;" that the defenders of the
+place were fully authorized to prevent the nearer approach of the
+flag-boat; and that his officer [Lieut. Claxton] was in the wrong. Mr.
+Trumbull was then conducted to the cabin, where he found the Commodore,
+in consultation with all the other commanders of the squadron, and
+delivered the letter from the Borough authorities.
+
+
+NOTE 11, page 18.
+
+This is not exactly correct. He said nothing of Mrs. Stewart; but, after
+reading the letter, remarked, "I learn from this, Sir, that I am under
+the necessity of resuming hostilities,--which I shall do, at one
+o'clock."
+
+
+NOTE 12, page 18.
+
+Lieut. John Lathrop, of the Norwich Artillery or "Matross Company"
+(Capt. Charles Thomas). It will be seen, by the narrative of the
+magistrates, that Lieut. Lathrop was anticipated in the execution of
+this service, by a party of volunteers.
+
+
+NOTE 13, page 19.
+
+Lieut. Samuel L. Hough, of Canterbury, Lieutenant of the L. Infantry
+Company (Capt. James Aspinwall), detached from the 21st regiment of
+militia,--in the service of the U. States. Lieut. Hough's wound was not
+serious. He is still living (June, 1864),--and in receipt of a pension
+from the U. States.
+
+
+NOTE 14, page 24.
+
+This account was written by Alex. G. Smith, Esq.
+
+
+NOTE 15, page 26.
+
+Col. Wm. Randall, of Stonington, commanding the 30th Regiment of State
+Militia.
+
+
+NOTE 16, page 31.
+
+Too much praise can hardly be awarded to the volunteer firemen, who,
+during the whole of the engagement, continued to patrol the streets,
+watching the fall of every rocket and shell, and extinguishing fires as
+soon as lighted. Two of this band may be named without injustice to
+others, as having rendered efficient and constant service,--Capt.
+CHARLES H. SMITH and FRANCIS AMY, Esq., both serjeants in Capt. Potter's
+company. Capt. THOMAS SWAN was not less active or persevering. He
+remained in the Borough, (except for an hour's visit to his family,
+placed in safety at a farm house, a mile distant,) from the beginning of
+the attack till the departure of the ships; serving, as necessity
+required, with the volunteer firemen, and with the guard stationed on
+the east side of the Point to prevent a landing of the enemy from their
+boats.
+
+
+NOTE 17, page 32.
+
+See Capt. Palmer's letter to the Secretary of War, next following.
+
+
+NOTE 18, page 36.
+
+The anchor left by the _Dispatch_ brig, at Stonington, when she 'cut and
+run,' has been got up and brought to New London. It weighs upwards of 20
+_cwt._--_Niles's Weekly Register, Sept. 10, 1814._
+
+"Mr. Chalmers, late master of the _Terror_, bomb-vessel, employed in the
+attack on Stonington, has been captured in a British barge and sent to
+Providence. He says 170 bombs were discharged from that ship in the
+attack on Stonington, which were found to weigh 80 lb. each; the charge
+of powder for the mortar was 9 lbs.; adding to this the wadding, that
+vessel must have disgorged eight tons weight."--_Ibid._
+
+       *     *     *     *     *
+
+"The following appears in a New York paper, in the shape of an
+advertisement:
+
+_English Manufacture, and Memento of the "Magnanimity" of Commodore
+Hardy._
+
+Just received, and offered for sale, about
+
+THREE TONS OF ROUND SHOT,
+
+consisting of 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, and 32 lbs., very handsome, being a
+_small_ proportion of those which were fired from his Britannic
+Majesty's ships, on the unoffending inhabitants of Stonington, in the
+recent _brilliant_ attack on that place.
+
+LIKEWISE, a few _Carcasses_, in good order, weighing about 200 lbs.
+each.
+
+        Apply to                      S. TRUMBULL, 41 _Peck-slip_.
+
+N. B. The purchaser of the above can be supplied with about _two tons
+more_, if required.
+
+New York, November 19th, [1814.]"
+                              _Niles's Weekly Register, Dec. 3d, 1815._
+
+       *     *     *     *     *
+
+INDUSTRY.--Many of our readers will recollect the anecdote of the
+thrifty American who asked Commodore _Hardy_, when he would attack
+_Stonington_ again? so that he might have his cart ready to carry off
+the shot; and also the accounts we have had of the mighty mass of metal
+collected there and sold at New York, &c. It seems, however, that the
+_iron mine_ is not yet exhausted, for certain persons with a diving
+machine have raised no less than 11,209 lbs. of shot, which was thrown
+overboard from the _Pactolus_, when she was in such a hurry to get away
+from the two guns of Stonington! They have also picked up a quantity of
+copper.--Niles's _Weekly Register, June 3, 1815._
+
+
+NOTE 19, page 38.
+
+Capt. Coote, of H. B. M. brig _Borer_, landed two hundred men at
+Pettipaug, (Saybrook,) in barges and launches, on the 8th of April,
+1814, and destroyed upwards of twenty sail of vessels, without meeting
+any opposition (until after they had re-embarked,) and without the loss
+of a man.--_Conn. Gazette, April 13, 1814._
+
+
+
+
+LETTERS OF COMMODORE HARDY.
+
+
+Since the foregoing pages were printed, my friend Professor D. C.
+Gilman, has brought to my notice the original letters of Commodore
+Hardy, to the inhabitants of Stonington and to General Isham, which are
+now in the Library of Yale College. The first (of August 9th) was copied
+with sufficient accuracy in the account published by the magistrates,
+warden and burgesses (page 25), I reprint it here, but with a facsimile
+of the signature.
+
+
+                                     _His Britannic Majesty's Ship_,
+                                    PACTOLUS, _9th August, 1814.
+                                        1/2 past 5 o'clock, P. M._
+
+Not wishing to destroy the unoffending Inhabitants residing in the Town
+of Stonington, one hour is granted them from the receipt of this to
+remove out of the town.
+
+[Illustration: (Hardy Signature)]
+
+_To the Inhabitants of the Town of Stonington._
+
+
+The second, is in reply to the letter from the magistrates which was
+sent on board the _Ramillies_, by Col. Isaac Williams and Dr. William
+Lord, on Wednesday, the 10th. As "official etiquette" did net permit
+Col. Green to obtain "an exact copy," he could only print its substance
+"as far as memory served" (see page 14). The magistrates allude to it,
+in their published account (p. 30), as "the singular communication
+received from Commodore Hardy, which preceded the fire on Thursday." It
+is evident that the British commander was strangely in error as to the
+assurances and engagements which he professed to have received, or that
+the gentlemen entrusted with the delivery of the letter from the
+magistrates must, in their conference with the Commodore, have exceeded
+their instructions.
+
+
+                                         _Ramillies, off Stonington,
+                                                   10th August, 1814._
+GENTN
+
+I have received your letter and representation of the State of your
+Town, and as you have declared that Torpedoes, never have been harbored
+by the Inhabitants or ever will be, as far as lies in their power to
+prevent--and as you have engaged that Mrs. Stewart the wife of the
+British vice consul late resident at New London, with her family, shall
+be permitted to embark on board this Ship to-morrow morning, I am
+induced to wave the attempt of the total destruction of your Town, which
+I feel confident can be effected by the Squadron under my Orders.
+
+I am
+    Gentn
+        Your most obedient servant,
+          T. M. HARDY, Captain.
+
+_To Doctor_ LAW [_Lord_] _and Colonel_ Williams,
+_Stonington_.
+
+
+In reprinting the response of the civil authorities of Stonington, to
+the foregoing letter, on page 17, _ante_, an error in the date should
+have been corrected. It was written and despatched on the _eleventh_ of
+August.
+
+The following note acknowledges the explanation sent by General Isham,
+of the circumstances under which a flag of truce from the _Ramillies_,
+was fired upon by a sentinel at the Battery, on the morning of the 11th
+(see pages 16, 17, and note 10).
+
+
+                                       _Ramillies, off Stonington_,
+                                           _11th August, 1814._
+
+Sir,
+
+I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, apologizing
+for the Flag of Truce I sent on shore this morning, having been fired
+at; and I beg to assure you that under the Circumstances you have
+stated, the apology is perfectly satisfactory.
+
+    I have the honor to be, Sir,
+        Your most obedient
+            humble Servant,
+              T. M. HARDY, Captain.
+
+_To Brigadier_ ISHAM--_Commanding at Stonington_.
+
+
+
+
+
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